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[PATCH v3 18/22] worktree: detect branch-name/detached and error conditions locally

From
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Jul 17, 2015, 23:00 UTC
Message-ID
<1437174017-81687-19-git-send-email-sunshine@sunshineco.com>
In-Reply-To
<1437174017-81687-1-git-send-email-sunshine@sunshineco.com>

git-worktree currently conflates setting of HEAD in the new worktree with initial worktree population via a single git-checkout invocation, which requires git-checkout to have special knowledge that it is operating in a newly created worktree. The eventual goal is to separate these operations and rid git-checkout of that overly-intimate knowledge.

Once these operations are separate, git-worktree will no longer be able to rely upon git-branch to determine the state of the worktree (branch name or detached), or to check for error conditions, such as the requested branch already checked out elsewhere, or an invalid reference. Therefore, imbue git-worktree with the intelligence to determine a branch name or detached state locally, and to perform error checking on its own.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
---
No changes since v2.
 builtin/worktree.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index da76eb7..cf35b2a 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "argv-array.h"
+#include "branch.h"
+#include "refs.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "sigchain.h"
 
@@ -188,11 +190,26 @@ static int add_worktree(const char *path, const char *refname,
 	struct child_process cp;
 	struct argv_array child_env = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
 	int counter = 0, len, ret;
+	struct strbuf symref = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct commit *commit = NULL;
 	unsigned char rev[20];
 
 	if (file_exists(path) && !is_empty_dir(path))
 		die(_("'%s' already exists"), path);
 
+	/* is 'refname' a branch or commit? */
+	if (opts->force_new_branch) /* definitely a branch */
+		;
+	else if (!opts->detach && !strbuf_check_branch_ref(&symref, refname) &&
+		 ref_exists(symref.buf)) { /* it's a branch */
+		if (!opts->force)
+			die_if_checked_out(symref.buf);
+	} else { /* must be a commit */
+		commit = lookup_commit_reference_by_name(refname);
+		if (!commit)
+			die(_("invalid reference: %s"), refname);
+	}
+
 	name = worktree_basename(path, &len);
 	strbuf_addstr(&sb_repo,
 		      git_path("worktrees/%.*s", (int)(path + len - name), name));
@@ -281,6 +298,7 @@ static int add_worktree(const char *path, const char *refname,
 	unlink_or_warn(sb.buf);
 	argv_array_clear(&child_env);
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	strbuf_release(&symref);
 	strbuf_release(&sb_repo);
 	strbuf_release(&sb_git);
 	return ret;
-- 
2.5.0.rc2.378.g0af52e8
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Message 20 of 24 in “rid git-checkout of too-intimate knowledge of new worktree”
  1. 00/22 rid git-checkout of too-intimate knowledge of new worktreeEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  2. 01/22 checkout: avoid resolving HEAD unnecessarilyEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  3. 02/22 checkout: name check_linked_checkouts() more meaningfullyEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  4. 03/22 checkout: improve die_if_checked_out() robustnessEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  5. 04/22 checkout: die_if_checked_out: simplify strbuf managementEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  6. 05/22 checkout: generalize die_if_checked_out() branch name argumentEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  7. 06/22 checkout: check_linked_checkout: improve "already checked out" aestheticEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  8. 07/22 checkout: check_linked_checkout: simplify symref parsingEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  9. 08/22 checkout: teach check_linked_checkout() about symbolic link HEADEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  10. 09/22 branch: publish die_if_checked_out()Eric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  11. 10/22 worktree: improve worktree setup messageEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  12. 11/22 worktree: simplify new branch (-b/-B) option checkingEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  13. 12/22 worktree: introduce options containerEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  14. 13/22 worktree: make --detach mutually exclusive with -b/-BEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  15. 14/22 worktree: add: suppress auto-vivication with --detach and no <branch>Eric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  16. Eric SunshineJul 17, 2015
  17. 15/22 worktree: make branch creation distinct from worktree populationEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  18. 16/22 worktree: elucidate environment variables intended for child processesEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  19. 17/22 worktree: add_worktree: construct worktree-population command locallyEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  20. 18/22 worktree: detect branch-name/detached and error conditions locallyEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  21. 19/22 worktree: make setup of new HEAD distinct from worktree populationEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  22. 20/22 worktree: avoid resolving HEAD unnecessarilyEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  23. 21/22 worktree: populate via "git reset --hard" rather than "git checkout"Eric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015
  24. 22/22 checkout: drop intimate knowledge of newly created worktreeEric Sunshine, Jul 17, 2015

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