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-rw-r--r--builtin/branch.c26
-rwxr-xr-xt/t3200-branch.sh34
2 files changed, 60 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 557995d978..5e95e3568a 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -881,10 +881,36 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
git_config_set_multivar(buf.buf, NULL, NULL, 1);
strbuf_release(&buf);
} else if (argc > 0 && argc <= 2) {
+ struct branch *branch = branch_get(argv[0]);
+ int branch_existed = 0, remote_tracking = 0;
+ struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+
if (kinds != REF_LOCAL_BRANCH)
die(_("-a and -r options to 'git branch' do not make sense with a branch name"));
+
+ if (track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE)
+ fprintf(stderr, _("The --set-upstream flag is deprecated and will be removed. Consider using --track or --set-upstream-to\n"));
+
+ strbuf_addf(&buf, "refs/remotes/%s", branch->name);
+ remote_tracking = ref_exists(buf.buf);
+ strbuf_release(&buf);
+
+ branch_existed = ref_exists(branch->refname);
create_branch(head, argv[0], (argc == 2) ? argv[1] : head,
force_create, reflog, 0, quiet, track);
+
+ /*
+ * We only show the instructions if the user gave us
+ * one branch which doesn't exist locally, but is the
+ * name of a remote-tracking branch.
+ */
+ if (argc == 1 && track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE &&
+ !branch_existed && remote_tracking) {
+ fprintf(stderr, _("\nIf you wanted to make '%s' track '%s', do this:\n\n"), head, branch->name);
+ fprintf(stderr, _(" git branch -d %s\n"), branch->name);
+ fprintf(stderr, _(" git branch --set-upstream-to %s\n"), branch->name);
+ }
+
} else
usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);
diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index 0bf72d2067..2a54a76abb 100755
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -405,6 +405,40 @@ test_expect_success 'test --unset-upstream on a particular branch' \
test_must_fail git config branch.my14.remote &&
test_must_fail git config branch.my14.merge'
+test_expect_success '--set-upstream shows message when creating a new branch that exists as remote-tracking' \
+ 'git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/master HEAD &&
+ git branch --set-upstream origin/master 2>actual &&
+ test_when_finished git update-ref -d refs/remotes/origin/master &&
+ test_when_finished git branch -d origin/master &&
+ cat >expected <<EOF &&
+The --set-upstream flag is deprecated and will be removed. Consider using --track or --set-upstream-to
+
+If you wanted to make '"'master'"' track '"'origin/master'"', do this:
+
+ git branch -d origin/master
+ git branch --set-upstream-to origin/master
+EOF
+ test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--set-upstream with two args only shows the deprecation message' \
+ 'git branch --set-upstream master my13 2>actual &&
+ test_when_finished git branch --unset-upstream master &&
+ cat >expected <<EOF &&
+The --set-upstream flag is deprecated and will be removed. Consider using --track or --set-upstream-to
+EOF
+ test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--set-upstream with one arg only shows the deprecation message if the branch existed' \
+ 'git branch --set-upstream my13 2>actual &&
+ test_when_finished git branch --unset-upstream my13 &&
+ cat >expected <<EOF &&
+The --set-upstream flag is deprecated and will be removed. Consider using --track or --set-upstream-to
+EOF
+ test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
# Keep this test last, as it changes the current branch
cat >expect <<EOF
$_z40 $HEAD $GIT_COMMITTER_NAME <$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL> 1117150200 +0000 branch: Created from master