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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin/checkout.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/checkout.c | 35 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c index f1984d9933..6b9061f26f 100644 --- a/builtin/checkout.c +++ b/builtin/checkout.c @@ -514,20 +514,6 @@ static void report_tracking(struct branch_info *new) strbuf_release(&sb); } -static void detach_advice(const char *old_path, const char *new_name) -{ - const char fmt[] = - "Note: checking out '%s'.\n\n" - "You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental\n" - "changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this\n" - "state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n\n" - "If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may\n" - "do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n\n" - " git checkout -b new_branch_name\n\n"; - - fprintf(stderr, fmt, new_name); -} - static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts, struct branch_info *old, struct branch_info *new) @@ -575,7 +561,7 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts, REF_NODEREF, DIE_ON_ERR); if (!opts->quiet) { if (old->path && advice_detached_head) - detach_advice(old->path, new->name); + detach_advice(new->name); describe_detached_head(_("HEAD is now at"), new->commit); } } else if (new->path) { /* Switch branches. */ @@ -922,6 +908,17 @@ static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv, return argcount; } +static int switch_unborn_to_new_branch(struct checkout_opts *opts) +{ + int status; + struct strbuf branch_ref = STRBUF_INIT; + + strbuf_addf(&branch_ref, "refs/heads/%s", opts->new_branch); + status = create_symref("HEAD", branch_ref.buf, "checkout -b"); + strbuf_release(&branch_ref); + return status; +} + int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) { struct checkout_opts opts; @@ -1093,5 +1090,13 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) if (opts.writeout_stage) die(_("--ours/--theirs is incompatible with switching branches.")); + if (!new.commit) { + unsigned char rev[20]; + int flag; + + if (!read_ref_full("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag) && + (flag & REF_ISSYMREF) && is_null_sha1(rev)) + return switch_unborn_to_new_branch(&opts); + } return switch_branches(&opts, &new); } |