Merge branch 'jc/maint-co-track' into maint

[git.git] / builtin-checkout.c

diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index 854401099410d5eeb590caf2ef56d4679ba77926..1deda927cdfcbcdcb751aca3338ac77ef0aad836 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
                }
 
                /* 2-way merge to the new branch */
+               topts.initial_checkout = (!active_nr &&
+                                         (old->commit == new->commit));
                topts.update = 1;
                topts.merge = 1;
                topts.gently = opts->merge;
@@ -326,7 +328,7 @@ static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
            commit_locked_index(lock_file))
                die("unable to write new index file");
 
-       if (!opts->force)
+       if (!opts->force && !opts->quiet)
                show_local_changes(&new->commit->object);
 
        return 0;
@@ -413,13 +415,11 @@ static int switch_branches(struct checkout_opts *opts, struct branch_info *new)
        }
 
        /*
-        * If the new thing isn't a branch and isn't HEAD and we're
-        * not starting a new branch, and we want messages, and we
-        * weren't on a branch, and we're moving to a new commit,
-        * describe the old commit.
+        * If we were on a detached HEAD, but we are now moving to
+        * a new commit, we want to mention the old commit once more
+        * to remind the user that it might be lost.
         */
-       if (!new->path && strcmp(new->name, "HEAD") && !opts->new_branch &&
-           !opts->quiet && !old.path && new->commit != old.commit)
+       if (!opts->quiet && !old.path && new->commit != old.commit)
                describe_detached_head("Previous HEAD position was", old.commit);
 
        if (!old.commit) {
@@ -565,6 +565,18 @@ no_reference:
                return checkout_paths(source_tree, pathspec);
        }
 
+       if (opts.new_branch) {
+               struct strbuf buf;
+               strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+               strbuf_addstr(&buf, "refs/heads/");
+               strbuf_addstr(&buf, opts.new_branch);
+               if (!get_sha1(buf.buf, rev))
+                       die("git checkout: branch %s already exists", opts.new_branch);
+               if (check_ref_format(buf.buf))
+                       die("git checkout: we do not like '%s' as a branch name.", opts.new_branch);
+               strbuf_release(&buf);
+       }
+
        if (new.name && !new.commit) {
                die("Cannot switch branch to a non-commit.");
        }