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-rw-r--r--builtin/checkout.c2
-rwxr-xr-xt/t2025-checkout-to.sh7
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 8c5276cf44..953b76370b 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ static int prepare_linked_checkout(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
if (!new->commit)
die(_("no branch specified"));
- if (file_exists(path))
+ if (file_exists(path) && !is_empty_dir(path))
die(_("'%s' already exists"), path);
len = strlen(path);
diff --git a/t/t2025-checkout-to.sh b/t/t2025-checkout-to.sh
index eddd3251f1..915b506b6c 100755
--- a/t/t2025-checkout-to.sh
+++ b/t/t2025-checkout-to.sh
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout --to not updating paths' '
'
test_expect_success 'checkout --to an existing worktree' '
- mkdir existing &&
+ mkdir -p existing/subtree &&
test_must_fail git checkout --detach --to existing master
'
+test_expect_success 'checkout --to an existing empty worktree' '
+ mkdir existing_empty &&
+ git checkout --detach --to existing_empty master
+'
+
test_expect_success 'checkout --to refuses to checkout locked branch' '
test_must_fail git checkout --to zere master &&
! test -d zere &&