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[PATCH] git checkout: don't warn about unborn branch if -f is already passed

From
Matt McCutchen <matt@mattmccutchen.net>
Date
Nov 24, 2008, 06:55 UTC
Message-ID
<1227509722.32583.0.camel@mattlaptop2.local>

I think it's unnecessary to warn that the checkout has been forced due to an unborn current branch if -f has been explicitly passed. For one project, I am using git-new-workdir to create workdirs from a bare repository whose HEAD is set to an unborn branch, and this warning started to irritate me.

Signed-off-by: Matt McCutchen <matt@mattmccutchen.net>
---
 builtin-checkout.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index 464fd25..7f3bd7b 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static int switch_branches(struct checkout_opts *opts, struct branch_info *new)
 	if (!opts->quiet && !old.path && old.commit && new->commit != old.commit)
 		describe_detached_head("Previous HEAD position was", old.commit);
 
-	if (!old.commit) {
+	if (!old.commit && !opts->force) {
 		if (!opts->quiet) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "warning: You appear to be on a branch yet to be born.\n");
 			fprintf(stderr, "warning: Forcing checkout of %s.\n", new->name);
-- 
1.6.0.2.593.g91df
Next: Junio C Hamano
Message 1 of 3 in “git checkout: don't warn about unborn branch if -f is already passed”
  1. git checkout: don't warn about unborn branch if -f is already passedMatt McCutchen, Nov 24, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 26, 2008
  3. Matt McCutchenDec 1, 2008

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