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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout.txt6
-rw-r--r--builtin/checkout.c6
-rwxr-xr-xt/t2025-checkout-to.sh7
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 0c13825e61..52eaa484c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
specific files such as HEAD, index... See "MULTIPLE WORKING
TREES" section for more information.
+--ignore-other-worktrees::
+ `git checkout` refuses when the wanted ref is already checked
+ out by another worktree. This option makes it check the ref
+ out anyway. In other words, the ref can be held by more than one
+ worktree.
+
<branch>::
Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that,
when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index d8717efb07..8b2bf2093b 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct checkout_opts {
int writeout_stage;
int overwrite_ignore;
int ignore_skipworktree;
+ int ignore_other_worktrees;
const char *new_branch;
const char *new_branch_force;
@@ -1210,7 +1211,8 @@ static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv,
int flag;
char *head_ref = resolve_refdup("HEAD", 0, sha1, &flag);
if (head_ref &&
- (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF) || strcmp(head_ref, new->path)))
+ (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF) || strcmp(head_ref, new->path)) &&
+ !opts->ignore_other_worktrees)
check_linked_checkouts(new);
free(head_ref);
}
@@ -1341,6 +1343,8 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
N_("second guess 'git checkout no-such-branch'")),
OPT_FILENAME(0, "to", &opts.new_worktree,
N_("check a branch out in a separate working directory")),
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "ignore-other-worktrees", &opts.ignore_other_worktrees,
+ N_("do not check if another worktree is holding the given ref")),
OPT_END(),
};
diff --git a/t/t2025-checkout-to.sh b/t/t2025-checkout-to.sh
index 915b506b6c..f8e4df4818 100755
--- a/t/t2025-checkout-to.sh
+++ b/t/t2025-checkout-to.sh
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ test_expect_success 'die the same branch is already checked out' '
)
'
+test_expect_success 'not die the same branch is already checked out' '
+ (
+ cd here &&
+ git checkout --ignore-other-worktrees --to anothernewmaster newmaster
+ )
+'
+
test_expect_success 'not die on re-checking out current branch' '
(
cd there &&