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-rw-r--r--builtin/checkout.c2
-rwxr-xr-xt/t2018-checkout-branch.sh10
-rwxr-xr-xt/t2027-checkout-track.sh24
3 files changed, 35 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index e9d111bb83..24336e1017 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ static int checkout_main(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
* Try to give more helpful suggestion.
* new_branch && argc > 1 will be caught later.
*/
- if (opts->new_branch && argc == 1)
+ if (opts->new_branch && argc == 1 && !new_branch_info.commit)
die(_("'%s' is not a commit and a branch '%s' cannot be created from it"),
argv[0], opts->new_branch);
diff --git a/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh b/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh
index 21583154d8..5f761bc616 100755
--- a/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh
@@ -260,4 +260,14 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout -b to a new branch preserves mergeable changes des
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'checkout -b rejects an invalid start point' '
+ test_must_fail git checkout -b branch4 file1 2>err &&
+ test_i18ngrep "is not a commit" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout -b rejects an extra path argument' '
+ test_must_fail git checkout -b branch5 branch1 file1 2>err &&
+ test_i18ngrep "Cannot update paths and switch to branch" err
+'
+
test_done
diff --git a/t/t2027-checkout-track.sh b/t/t2027-checkout-track.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..bcba1bf90c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t2027-checkout-track.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='tests for git branch --track'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+ test_commit one &&
+ test_commit two
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout --track -b creates a new tracking branch' '
+ git checkout --track -b branch1 master &&
+ test $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) = branch1 &&
+ test $(git config --get branch.branch1.remote) = . &&
+ test $(git config --get branch.branch1.merge) = refs/heads/master
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout --track -b rejects an extra path argument' '
+ test_must_fail git checkout --track -b branch2 master one.t 2>err &&
+ test_i18ngrep "cannot be used with updating paths" err
+'
+
+test_done