3 USAGE='[-f] [-b <new_branch>] [-m] [<branch>] [<paths>...]'
4 SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Sometimes
9 old=$(git-rev-parse --verify $old_name 2>/dev/null)
17 while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
24 [ -z "$newbranch" ] &&
25 die "git checkout: -b needs a branch name"
26 git-show-ref --verify --quiet -- "refs/heads/$newbranch" &&
27 die "git checkout: branch $newbranch already exists"
28 git-check-ref-format "heads/$newbranch" ||
29 die "git checkout: we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name."
47 if rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$arg^0" 2>/dev/null)
49 if [ -z "$rev" ]; then
50 echo "unknown flag $arg"
55 if git-show-ref --verify --quiet -- "refs/heads/$arg"
59 elif rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$arg^{tree}" 2>/dev/null)
61 # checking out selected paths from a tree-ish.
63 new_name="$arg^{tree}"
81 case "$force$merge" in
83 die "git checkout: -f and -m are incompatible"
86 # The behaviour of the command with and without explicit path
87 # parameters is quite different.
89 # Without paths, we are checking out everything in the work tree,
90 # possibly switching branches. This is the traditional behaviour.
92 # With paths, we are _never_ switching branch, but checking out
93 # the named paths from either index (when no rev is given),
94 # or the named tree-ish (when rev is given).
102 Did you intend to checkout '$@' which can not be resolved as commit?"
104 if test '' != "$newbranch$force$merge"
106 die "git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching branches/forcing$hint"
110 # from a specific tree-ish; note that this is for
111 # rescuing paths and is never meant to remove what
112 # is not in the named tree-ish.
113 git-ls-tree --full-name -r "$new" "$@" |
114 git-update-index --index-info || exit $?
117 # Make sure the request is about existing paths.
118 git-ls-files --error-unmatch -- "$@" >/dev/null || exit
119 git-ls-files -- "$@" |
120 git-checkout-index -f -u --stdin
123 # Make sure we did not fall back on $arg^{tree} codepath
124 # since we are not checking out from an arbitrary tree-ish,
125 # but switching branches.
128 git-rev-parse --verify "$new^{commit}" >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
129 die "Cannot switch branch to a non-commit."
133 # We are switching branches and checking out trees, so
134 # we *NEED* to be at the toplevel.
135 cdup=$(git-rev-parse --show-cdup)
141 [ -z "$new" ] && new=$old && new_name="$old_name"
143 # If we don't have an old branch that we're switching to,
144 # and we don't have a new branch name for the target we
145 # are switching to, then we'd better just be checking out
146 # what we already had
148 [ -z "$branch$newbranch" ] &&
149 [ "$new" != "$old" ] &&
150 die "git checkout: provided reference cannot be checked out directly
152 You need -b to associate a new branch with the wanted checkout. Example:
153 git checkout -b <new_branch_name> $arg
158 echo "warning: You do not appear to currently be on a branch." >&2
159 echo "warning: Forcing checkout of $new_name." >&2
165 git-read-tree --reset -u $new
167 git-update-index --refresh >/dev/null
168 merge_error=$(git-read-tree -m -u --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore $old $new 2>&1) || (
171 echo >&2 "$merge_error"
175 # Match the index to the working tree, and do a three-way.
176 git diff-files --name-only | git update-index --remove --stdin &&
177 work=`git write-tree` &&
178 git read-tree --reset -u $new &&
179 git read-tree -m -u --aggressive --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore $old $new $work ||
182 if result=`git write-tree 2>/dev/null`
184 echo >&2 "Trivially automerged."
186 git merge-index -o git-merge-one-file -a
189 # Do not register the cleanly merged paths in the index yet.
190 # this is not a real merge before committing, but just carrying
191 # the working tree changes along.
192 unmerged=`git ls-files -u`
193 git read-tree --reset $new
198 z40=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
200 sed -e 's/^[0-7]* [0-9a-f]* /'"0 $z40 /"
202 ) | git update-index --index-info
208 if test "$saved_err" = 0
210 test "$new" = "$old" || git diff-index --name-status "$new"
216 # Switch the HEAD pointer to the new branch if we
217 # checked out a branch head, and remove any potential
218 # old MERGE_HEAD's (subsequent commits will clearly not
219 # be based on them, since we re-set the index)
221 if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
222 if [ "$newbranch" ]; then
223 if [ "$newbranch_log" ]; then
224 mkdir -p $(dirname "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$newbranch")
225 touch "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$newbranch"
227 git-update-ref -m "checkout: Created from $new_name" "refs/heads/$newbranch" $new || exit
231 GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git-symbolic-ref HEAD "refs/heads/$branch"
232 rm -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD"