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[PATCH v2 17/20] worktree: make setup of new HEAD distinct from worktree population

From
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Jul 16, 2015, 08:20 UTC
Message-ID
<1437034825-32054-18-git-send-email-sunshine@sunshineco.com>
In-Reply-To
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git-worktree currently conflates setting of HEAD in the new worktree and initial worktree population into a single git-checkout invocation which requires git-checkout to have special knowledge that it is operating on a newly created worktree. The eventual goal is to rid git-checkout of that overly-intimate knowledge.

Once these operations are separate, git-worktree will no longer be able to delegate to git-branch the setting of the new worktree's HEAD to the desired branch (or commit, if detached). Therefore, make git-worktree itself responsible for setting up HEAD as either a symbolic reference, if associated with a branch, or detached, if not.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
---
Changes since v1: reword commit message.
 builtin/worktree.c | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index e8f3f30..59609e3 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -278,12 +278,21 @@ static int add_worktree(const char *path, const char *refname,
 	argv_array_pushf(&child_env, "%s=%s", GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, path);
 	memset(&cp, 0, sizeof(cp));
 	cp.git_cmd = 1;
+
+	if (commit)
+		argv_array_pushl(&cp.args, "update-ref", "HEAD",
+				 sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1), NULL);
+	else
+		argv_array_pushl(&cp.args, "symbolic-ref", "HEAD",
+				 symref.buf, NULL);
+	cp.env = child_env.argv;
+	ret = run_command(&cp);
+	if (ret)
+		goto done;
+
+	cp.argv = NULL;
+	argv_array_clear(&cp.args);
 	argv_array_push(&cp.args, "checkout");
-	if (opts->force)
-		argv_array_push(&cp.args, "--ignore-other-worktrees");
-	if (opts->detach)
-		argv_array_push(&cp.args, "--detach");
-	argv_array_push(&cp.args, refname);
 	cp.env = child_env.argv;
 	ret = run_command(&cp);
 	if (!ret) {
@@ -293,6 +302,7 @@ static int add_worktree(const char *path, const char *refname,
 		junk_work_tree = NULL;
 		junk_git_dir = NULL;
 	}
+done:
 	strbuf_reset(&sb);
 	strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/locked", sb_repo.buf);
 	unlink_or_warn(sb.buf);
-- 
2.5.0.rc2.378.g0af52e8
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Message 21 of 25 in “rid git-checkout of too-intimate knowledge of new worktree”
  1. 00/20 rid git-checkout of too-intimate knowledge of new worktreeEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  2. 01/20 checkout: avoid resolving HEAD unnecessarilyEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  3. 02/20 checkout: name check_linked_checkouts() more meaningfullyEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  4. 03/20 checkout: improve die_if_checked_out() robustnessEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  5. 04/20 checkout: die_if_checked_out: simplify strbuf managementEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  6. 05/20 checkout: generalize die_if_checked_out() branch name argumentEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  7. 06/20 checkout: check_linked_checkout: improve "already checked out" aestheticEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2015
  9. Eric SunshineJul 17, 2015
  10. Duy NguyenJul 17, 2015
  11. 07/20 checkout: check_linked_checkout: simplify symref parsingEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  12. 08/20 checkout: teach check_linked_checkout() about symbolic link HEADEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  13. 09/20 branch: publish die_if_checked_out()Eric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  14. 10/20 worktree: simplify new branch (-b/-B) option checkingEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  15. 11/20 worktree: introduce options containerEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  16. 12/20 worktree: make --detach mutually exclusive with -b/-BEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  17. 13/20 worktree: make branch creation distinct from worktree populationEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  18. 14/20 worktree: elucidate environment variables intended for child processesEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  19. 15/20 worktree: add_worktree: construct worktree-population command locallyEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  20. 16/20 worktree: detect branch-name/detached and error conditions locallyEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  21. 17/20 worktree: make setup of new HEAD distinct from worktree populationEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  22. 18/20 worktree: avoid resolving HEAD unnecessarilyEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  23. 19/20 worktree: populate via "git reset --hard" rather than "git checkout"Eric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  24. 20/20 checkout: drop intimate knowledge of newly created worktreeEric Sunshine, Jul 16, 2015
  25. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2015

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