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2020-05-24	checkout: improve error messages for -b with extra argument	René Scharfe	1	-1/+1
	When we try to create a branch "foo" based on "origin/master" and give git commit -b an extra unsupported argument "bar", it confusingly reports: $ git checkout -b foo origin/master bar fatal: 'bar' is not a commit and a branch 'foo' cannot be created from it $ git checkout --track -b foo origin/master bar fatal: 'bar' is not a commit and a branch 'foo' cannot be created from it That's wrong, because it very well understands that "origin/master" is supposed to be the start point for the new branch and not "bar". Check if we got a commit and show more fitting messages in that case instead: $ git checkout -b foo origin/master bar fatal: Cannot update paths and switch to branch 'foo' at the same time. $ git checkout --track -b foo origin/master bar fatal: '--track' cannot be used with updating paths Original-patch-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-05-24	checkout: add tests for -b and --track	René Scharfe	1	-0/+24
	Test git checkout -b with and without --track and demonstrate unexpected error messages when it's given an extra (i.e. unsupported) path argument. In both cases it reports: $ git checkout -b foo origin/master bar fatal: 'bar' is not a commit and a branch 'foo' cannot be created from it The problem is that the start point we gave for the new branch is "origin/master" and "bar" is just some extra argument -- it could even be a valid commit, which would make the message even more confusing. We have more fitting error messages in git commit, but get confused; use the text of the rights ones in the tests. Reported-by: Dana Dahlstrom <dahlstrom@google.com> Original-test-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>