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-rw-r--r--builtin/checkout.c2
-rw-r--r--refs.c6
-rw-r--r--refs.h1
-rwxr-xr-xt/t2018-checkout-branch.sh11
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"),
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index b10419a698..3a8789d385 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -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)
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 5e7a9a59f5..5de06e57e7 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -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