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checkout: improve error messages for -b with extra argument

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When we try to create a branch "foo" based on "origin/master" and give
git commit -b an extra unsupported argument "bar", it confusingly
reports:

   $ git checkout -b foo origin/master bar
   fatal: 'bar' is not a commit and a branch 'foo' cannot be created from it

   $ git checkout --track -b foo origin/master bar
   fatal: 'bar' is not a commit and a branch 'foo' cannot be created from it

That's wrong, because it very well understands that "origin/master" is
supposed to be the start point for the new branch and not "bar".  Check
if we got a commit and show more fitting messages in that case instead:

   $ git checkout -b foo origin/master bar
   fatal: Cannot update paths and switch to branch 'foo' at the same time.

   $ git checkout --track -b foo origin/master bar
   fatal: '--track' cannot be used with updating paths

Original-patch-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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René Scharfe
2020-05-24 09:23:00 +02:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 16ab794b82
commit bb2198fb91
3 changed files with 3 additions and 3 deletions
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@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ static int checkout_main(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
* Try to give more helpful suggestion.
* new_branch && argc > 1 will be caught later.
*/
if (opts->new_branch && argc == 1)
if (opts->new_branch && argc == 1 && !new_branch_info.commit)
die(_("'%s' is not a commit and a branch '%s' cannot be created from it"),
argv[0], opts->new_branch);