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| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/checkout.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | refs.c | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | refs.h | 1 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh | 11 |
4 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c index 28cdc51b85..af1e7b579a 100644 --- a/builtin/checkout.c +++ b/builtin/checkout.c @@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&buf, opts.new_branch)) die(_("git checkout: we do not like '%s' as a branch name."), opts.new_branch); - if (!get_sha1(buf.buf, rev)) { + if (ref_exists(buf.buf)) { opts.branch_exists = 1; if (!opts.new_branch_force) die(_("git checkout: branch %s already exists"), @@ -1826,6 +1826,12 @@ int update_ref(const char *action, const char *refname, return 0; } +int ref_exists(char *refname) +{ + unsigned char sha1[20]; + return !!resolve_ref(refname, sha1, 1, NULL); +} + struct ref *find_ref_by_name(const struct ref *list, const char *name) { for ( ; list; list = list->next) @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ extern void warn_dangling_symref(FILE *fp, const char *msg_fmt, const char *refn */ extern void add_extra_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flags); extern void clear_extra_refs(void); +extern int ref_exists(char *); extern int peel_ref(const char *, unsigned char *); diff --git a/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh b/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh index fa69016381..a42e03967b 100755 --- a/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh +++ b/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh @@ -169,4 +169,15 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout -f -B to an existing branch with mergeable changes test_must_fail test_dirty_mergeable ' +test_expect_success 'checkout -b <describe>' ' + git tag -f -m "First commit" initial initial && + git checkout -f change1 && + name=$(git describe) && + git checkout -b $name && + git diff --exit-code change1 && + echo "refs/heads/$name" >expect && + git symbolic-ref HEAD >actual && + test_cmp expect actual +' + test_done |