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-rw-r--r--builtin/checkout.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 71e2589340..09a03f1ff8 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -1524,6 +1524,12 @@ static int checkout_main(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
}
if (opts->checkout_index < 0 || opts->checkout_worktree < 0)
BUG("these flags should be non-negative by now");
+ /*
+ * convenient shortcut: "git restore --staged" equals
+ * "git restore --staged --source HEAD"
+ */
+ if (!opts->from_treeish && opts->checkout_index && !opts->checkout_worktree)
+ opts->from_treeish = "HEAD";
/*
* From here on, new_branch will contain the branch to be checked out,