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-rw-r--r--builtin-checkout.c65
-rw-r--r--cache.h1
-rw-r--r--setup.c38
3 files changed, 83 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index d050c3789f..da04eed391 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -572,6 +572,40 @@ static int interactive_checkout(const char *revision, const char **pathspec,
return run_add_interactive(revision, "--patch=checkout", pathspec);
}
+struct tracking_name_data {
+ const char *name;
+ char *remote;
+ int unique;
+};
+
+static int check_tracking_name(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1,
+ int flags, void *cb_data)
+{
+ struct tracking_name_data *cb = cb_data;
+ const char *slash;
+
+ if (prefixcmp(refname, "refs/remotes/"))
+ return 0;
+ slash = strchr(refname + 13, '/');
+ if (!slash || strcmp(slash + 1, cb->name))
+ return 0;
+ if (cb->remote) {
+ cb->unique = 0;
+ return 0;
+ }
+ cb->remote = xstrdup(refname);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const char *unique_tracking_name(const char *name)
+{
+ struct tracking_name_data cb_data = { name, NULL, 1 };
+ for_each_ref(check_tracking_name, &cb_data);
+ if (cb_data.unique)
+ return cb_data.remote;
+ free(cb_data.remote);
+ return NULL;
+}
int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
@@ -582,6 +616,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
struct tree *source_tree = NULL;
char *conflict_style = NULL;
int patch_mode = 0;
+ int dwim_new_local_branch = 1;
struct option options[] = {
OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet),
OPT_STRING('b', NULL, &opts.new_branch, "new branch", "branch"),
@@ -597,6 +632,9 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_STRING(0, "conflict", &conflict_style, "style",
"conflict style (merge or diff3)"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "patch", &patch_mode, "select hunks interactively"),
+ { OPTION_BOOLEAN, 0, "guess", &dwim_new_local_branch, NULL,
+ "second guess 'git checkout no-such-branch'",
+ PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
OPT_END(),
};
int has_dash_dash;
@@ -630,8 +668,6 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
opts.new_branch = argv0 + 1;
}
- if (opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
- opts.track = git_branch_track;
if (conflict_style) {
opts.merge = 1; /* implied */
git_xmerge_config("merge.conflictstyle", conflict_style, NULL);
@@ -655,6 +691,11 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
* With no paths, if <something> is a commit, that is to
* switch to the branch or detach HEAD at it.
*
+ * With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
+ * was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
+ * <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
+ * to fork local <something> from that remote tracking branch.
+ *
* Otherwise <something> shall not be ambiguous.
* - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).
* - If it's only a path, treat it like case (2).
@@ -677,7 +718,21 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (get_sha1(arg, rev)) {
if (has_dash_dash) /* case (1) */
die("invalid reference: %s", arg);
- goto no_reference; /* case (3 -> 2) */
+ if (!patch_mode &&
+ dwim_new_local_branch &&
+ opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED &&
+ !opts.new_branch &&
+ !check_filename(NULL, arg) &&
+ argc == 1) {
+ const char *remote = unique_tracking_name(arg);
+ if (!remote || get_sha1(remote, rev))
+ goto no_reference;
+ opts.new_branch = arg;
+ arg = remote;
+ /* DWIMmed to create local branch */
+ }
+ else
+ goto no_reference;
}
/* we can't end up being in (2) anymore, eat the argument */
@@ -715,6 +770,10 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
}
no_reference:
+
+ if (opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
+ opts.track = git_branch_track;
+
if (argc) {
const char **pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 96840c7af7..71a731dbc9 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ extern const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *);
extern const char *setup_git_directory(void);
extern const char *prefix_path(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path);
extern const char *prefix_filename(const char *prefix, int len, const char *path);
+extern int check_filename(const char *prefix, const char *name);
extern void verify_filename(const char *prefix, const char *name);
extern void verify_non_filename(const char *prefix, const char *name);
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 029371e584..f67250b7c1 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ const char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx, int pfx_len, const char *arg)
return path;
}
+int check_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
+{
+ const char *name;
+ struct stat st;
+
+ name = prefix ? prefix_filename(prefix, strlen(prefix), arg) : arg;
+ if (!lstat(name, &st))
+ return 1; /* file exists */
+ if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR)
+ return 0; /* file does not exist */
+ die_errno("failed to stat '%s'", arg);
+}
+
/*
* Verify a filename that we got as an argument for a pathspec
* entry. Note that a filename that begins with "-" never verifies
@@ -70,18 +83,12 @@ const char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx, int pfx_len, const char *arg)
*/
void verify_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
{
- const char *name;
- struct stat st;
-
if (*arg == '-')
die("bad flag '%s' used after filename", arg);
- name = prefix ? prefix_filename(prefix, strlen(prefix), arg) : arg;
- if (!lstat(name, &st))
+ if (check_filename(prefix, arg))
return;
- if (errno == ENOENT)
- die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.\n"
- "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions", arg);
- die_errno("failed to stat '%s'", arg);
+ die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.\n"
+ "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions", arg);
}
/*
@@ -91,19 +98,14 @@ void verify_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
*/
void verify_non_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
{
- const char *name;
- struct stat st;
-
if (!is_inside_work_tree() || is_inside_git_dir())
return;
if (*arg == '-')
return; /* flag */
- name = prefix ? prefix_filename(prefix, strlen(prefix), arg) : arg;
- if (!lstat(name, &st))
- die("ambiguous argument '%s': both revision and filename\n"
- "Use '--' to separate filenames from revisions", arg);
- if (errno != ENOENT && errno != ENOTDIR)
- die_errno("failed to stat '%s'", arg);
+ if (!check_filename(prefix, arg))
+ return;
+ die("ambiguous argument '%s': both revision and filename\n"
+ "Use '--' to separate filenames from revisions", arg);
}
const char **get_pathspec(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec)