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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-worktree.txt9
-rw-r--r--builtin/worktree.c13
-rwxr-xr-xt/t2025-worktree-add.sh26
3 files changed, 37 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index 41585f535d..5d54f36a71 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -61,8 +61,13 @@ $ git worktree add --track -b <branch> <path> <remote>/<branch>
------------
+
If `<commit-ish>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detach` used,
-then, as a convenience, a new branch based at HEAD is created automatically,
-as if `-b $(basename <path>)` was specified.
+then, as a convenience, the new worktree is associated with a branch
+(call it `<branch>`) named after `$(basename <path>)`. If `<branch>`
+doesn't exist, a new branch based on HEAD is automatically created as
+if `-b <branch>` was given. If `<branch>` does exist, it will be
+checked out in the new worktree, if it's not checked out anywhere
+else, otherwise the command will refuse to create the worktree (unless
+`--force` is used).
list::
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index 6bd32b6090..d3aeb4877d 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -391,8 +391,17 @@ static const char *dwim_branch(const char *path, const char **new_branch)
{
int n;
const char *s = worktree_basename(path, &n);
- *new_branch = xstrndup(s, n);
- UNLEAK(*new_branch);
+ const char *branchname = xstrndup(s, n);
+ struct strbuf ref = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+ UNLEAK(branchname);
+ if (!strbuf_check_branch_ref(&ref, branchname) &&
+ ref_exists(ref.buf)) {
+ strbuf_release(&ref);
+ return branchname;
+ }
+
+ *new_branch = branchname;
if (guess_remote) {
struct object_id oid;
const char *remote =
diff --git a/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh b/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh
index 2b95944973..ad38507d00 100755
--- a/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh
+++ b/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh
@@ -198,13 +198,25 @@ test_expect_success '"add" with <branch> omitted' '
test_cmp_rev HEAD bat
'
-test_expect_success '"add" auto-vivify does not clobber existing branch' '
- test_commit c1 &&
- test_commit c2 &&
- git branch precious HEAD~1 &&
- test_must_fail git worktree add precious &&
- test_cmp_rev HEAD~1 precious &&
- test_path_is_missing precious
+test_expect_success '"add" checks out existing branch of dwimd name' '
+ git branch dwim HEAD~1 &&
+ git worktree add dwim &&
+ test_cmp_rev HEAD~1 dwim &&
+ (
+ cd dwim &&
+ test_cmp_rev HEAD dwim
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"add <path>" dwim fails with checked out branch' '
+ git checkout -b test-branch &&
+ test_must_fail git worktree add test-branch &&
+ test_path_is_missing test-branch
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"add --force" with existing dwimd name doesnt die' '
+ git checkout test-branch &&
+ git worktree add --force test-branch
'
test_expect_success '"add" no auto-vivify with --detach and <branch> omitted' '