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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index a11c939c30..564117f006 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Sometimes
. git-sh-setup
old=$(git-rev-parse HEAD)
+old_name=HEAD
new=
+new_name=
force=
branch=
newbranch=
+newbranch_log=
merge=
while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
arg="$1"
@@ -24,6 +27,9 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
git-check-ref-format "heads/$newbranch" ||
die "git checkout: we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name."
;;
+ "-l")
+ newbranch_log=1
+ ;;
"-f")
force=1
;;
@@ -44,6 +50,7 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
exit 1
fi
new="$rev"
+ new_name="$arg^0"
if [ -f "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$arg" ]; then
branch="$arg"
fi
@@ -51,9 +58,11 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
then
# checking out selected paths from a tree-ish.
new="$rev"
+ new_name="$arg^{tree}"
branch=
else
new=
+ new_name=
branch=
set x "$arg" "$@"
shift
@@ -114,7 +123,7 @@ then
cd "$cdup"
fi
-[ -z "$new" ] && new=$old
+[ -z "$new" ] && new=$old && new_name="$old_name"
# If we don't have an old branch that we're switching to,
# and we don't have a new branch name for the target we
@@ -187,9 +196,11 @@ fi
#
if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
if [ "$newbranch" ]; then
- leading=`expr "refs/heads/$newbranch" : '\(.*\)/'` &&
- mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/$leading" &&
- echo $new >"$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$newbranch" || exit
+ if [ "$newbranch_log" ]; then
+ mkdir -p $(dirname "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$newbranch")
+ touch "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$newbranch"
+ fi
+ git-update-ref -m "checkout: Created from $new_name" "refs/heads/$newbranch" $new || exit
branch="$newbranch"
fi
[ "$branch" ] &&