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[PATCH 1/5] checkout: record full target ref in reflog

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 3, 2013, 09:41 UTC
Message-ID
<1362303681-6585-2-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
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This simplifies parsing later on because the parser does not need to do dwim on the target (and later dwim may be ambiguous if new refs are added).

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/checkout.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index a9c1b5a..b11bd31 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ static int reset_tree(struct tree *tree, const struct checkout_opts *o,
 
 struct branch_info {
 	const char *name; /* The short name used */
+	const char *full_ref; /* The full name of a real ref */
 	const char *path; /* The full name of a real branch */
 	struct commit *commit; /* The named commit */
 };
@@ -589,7 +590,8 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
 	if (!old_desc && old->commit)
 		old_desc = sha1_to_hex(old->commit->object.sha1);
 	strbuf_addf(&msg, "checkout: moving from %s to %s",
-		    old_desc ? old_desc : "(invalid)", new->name);
+		    old_desc ? old_desc : "(invalid)",
+		    new->full_ref ? new->full_ref : new->name);
 
 	if (!strcmp(new->name, "HEAD") && !new->path && !opts->force_detach) {
 		/* Nothing to do. */
@@ -907,10 +909,21 @@ static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv,
 	setup_branch_path(new);
 
 	if (!check_refname_format(new->path, 0) &&
-	    !read_ref(new->path, branch_rev))
+	    !read_ref(new->path, branch_rev)) {
 		hashcpy(rev, branch_rev);
-	else
+		new->full_ref = xstrdup(new->path);
+	} else {
+		char *real_ref = NULL;
+		unsigned char sha1[20];
 		new->path = NULL; /* not an existing branch */
+		if (dwim_ref(new->name, strlen(new->name), sha1,
+			     &real_ref) == 1 &&
+		    !hashcmp(sha1, rev)) {
+			new->full_ref = real_ref;
+			real_ref = NULL;
+		}
+		free(real_ref);
+	}
 
 	new->commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1);
 	if (!new->commit) {
-- 
1.8.1.2.536.gf441e6d
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  1. 0/5 nd/branch-show-rebase-bisect-state updatesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 3, 2013
  2. 1/5 checkout: record full target ref in reflogNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 3, 2013
  3. 2/5 wt-status: split wt_status_state parsing function outNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 3, 2013
  4. 3/5 wt-status: move wt_status_get_state() out to wt_status_print()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 3, 2013
  5. 4/5 status: show the ref that is checked out, even if it's detachedNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 3, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2013
  7. Duy NguyenMar 4, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 4, 2013
  9. Duy NguyenMar 5, 2013
  10. Matthieu MoyMar 5, 2013
  11. 5/5 branch: show more information when HEAD is detachedNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 3, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2013
  13. 0/4 nd/branch-show-rebase-bisect-state updatesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 6, 2013
  14. 1/4 wt-status: split wt_status_state parsing function outNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 6, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2013
  17. 2/4 wt-status: move wt_status_get_state() out to wt_status_print()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 6, 2013
  18. 3/4 status: show more info than "currently not on any branch"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 6, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2013
  20. Duy NguyenMar 8, 2013
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2013
  22. 4/4 branch: show more information when HEAD is detachedNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 6, 2013
  23. 0/4 nd/branch-show-rebase-bisect-state updatesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 6, 2013
  24. 4/4 branch: show more information when HEAD is detachedNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 6, 2013
  25. 0/5 nd/branch-show-rebase-bisect-state updatesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 13, 2013
  26. 1/5 wt-status: move strbuf into read_and_strip_branch()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 13, 2013
  27. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2013
  28. 1/5 wt-status: move strbuf into read_and_strip_branch()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 16, 2013
  29. 2/5 wt-status: split wt_status_state parsing function outNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 13, 2013
  30. 3/5 wt-status: move wt_status_get_state() out to wt_status_print()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 13, 2013
  31. 4/5 status: show more info than "currently not on any branch"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 13, 2013
  32. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2013
  33. 5/5 branch: show more information when HEAD is detachedNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 13, 2013
  34. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2013
  35. Duy NguyenMar 20, 2013
  36. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2013
  37. status, branch: fix the misleading "bisecting" messageNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 23, 2013
  38. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2013

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