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diff --git a/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir b/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..7959eab902 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +usage () { + echo "usage:" $@ + exit 127 +} + +die () { + echo $@ + exit 128 +} + +if test $# -lt 2 || test $# -gt 3 +then + usage "$0 <repository> <new_workdir> [<branch>]" +fi + +orig_git=$1 +new_workdir=$2 +branch=$3 + +# want to make sure that what is pointed to has a .git directory ... +git_dir=$(cd "$orig_git" 2>/dev/null && + git rev-parse --git-dir 2>/dev/null) || + die "\"$orig_git\" is not a git repository!" + +case "$git_dir" in +.git) + git_dir="$orig_git/.git" + ;; +.) + git_dir=$orig_git + ;; +esac + +# don't link to a configured bare repository +isbare=$(git --git-dir="$git_dir" config --bool --get core.bare) +if test ztrue = z$isbare +then + die "\"$git_dir\" has core.bare set to true," \ + " remove from \"$git_dir/config\" to use $0" +fi + +# don't link to a workdir +if test -L "$git_dir/config" +then + die "\"$orig_git\" is a working directory only, please specify" \ + "a complete repository." +fi + +# don't recreate a workdir over an existing repository +if test -e "$new_workdir" +then + die "destination directory '$new_workdir' already exists." +fi + +# make sure the the links use full paths +git_dir=$(cd "$git_dir"; pwd) + +# create the workdir +mkdir -p "$new_workdir/.git" || die "unable to create \"$new_workdir\"!" + +# create the links to the original repo. explictly exclude index, HEAD and +# logs/HEAD from the list since they are purely related to the current working +# directory, and should not be shared. +for x in config refs logs/refs objects info hooks packed-refs remotes rr-cache svn +do + case $x in + */*) + mkdir -p "$(dirname "$new_workdir/.git/$x")" + ;; + esac + ln -s "$git_dir/$x" "$new_workdir/.git/$x" +done + +# now setup the workdir +cd "$new_workdir" +# copy the HEAD from the original repository as a default branch +cp "$git_dir/HEAD" .git/HEAD +# checkout the branch (either the same as HEAD from the original repository, or +# the one that was asked for) +git checkout -f $branch |