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[RESEND PATCH] git-checkout: fix argument parsing to detect ambiguous arguments.

From
Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>
Date
Jul 23, 2008, 01:27 UTC
Message-ID
<20080723012751.GI11831@artemis.madism.org>
In-Reply-To
<1216774940-4955-1-git-send-email-madcoder@debian.org>

Note that it also fix a bug, git checkout -- <path> would be badly understood as git checkout <branch> if <path> is ambiguous with a branch.

Testcases included.
Signed-off-by: Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>
---
  This is a resend with proper patches that made me realize that my
previous patch had silly mistakes and wasn't testing thigns properly.
 builtin-checkout.c            |   23 +++++++++++++++++------
 t/t2010-checkout-ambiguous.sh |   35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 t/t2010-checkout-ambiguous.sh
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index fbd5105..97321e6 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -438,12 +438,17 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	opts.track = git_branch_track;
 
-	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, checkout_usage, 0);
-	if (argc) {
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, checkout_usage,
+			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);
+
+	if (argc && strcmp(argv[0], "--")) {
+		int may_be_ambiguous = argc == 1 || strcmp(argv[1], "--");
+
 		arg = argv[0];
-		if (get_sha1(arg, rev))
-			;
-		else if ((new.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1))) {
+		if (get_sha1(arg, rev)) {
+			if (may_be_ambiguous)
+				verify_filename(NULL, arg);
+		} else if ((new.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1))) {
 			new.name = arg;
 			setup_branch_path(&new);
 			if (resolve_ref(new.path, rev, 1, NULL))
@@ -454,10 +459,16 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			source_tree = new.commit->tree;
 			argv++;
 			argc--;
+			if (may_be_ambiguous)
+				verify_non_filename(NULL, arg);
 		} else if ((source_tree = parse_tree_indirect(rev))) {
 			argv++;
 			argc--;
-		}
+			if (may_be_ambiguous)
+				verify_non_filename(NULL, arg);
+		} else
+			if (may_be_ambiguous)
+				verify_filename(NULL, arg);
 	}
 
 	if (argc && !strcmp(argv[0], "--")) {
diff --git a/t/t2010-checkout-ambiguous.sh b/t/t2010-checkout-ambiguous.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..389ba8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t2010-checkout-ambiguous.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='checkout and pathspecs/refspecs ambiguities'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	echo hello >world &&
+	echo hello >all &&
+	git add all world &&
+	git commit -m initial &&
+	git branch world
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'branch switching' '
+	test "refs/heads/master" = "$(git symbolic-ref HEAD)" &&
+	git checkout world -- &&
+	test "refs/heads/world" = "$(git symbolic-ref HEAD)"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout world from the index' '
+	echo bye > world &&
+	git checkout -- world &&
+	git diff --exit-code --quiet
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'non ambiguous call' '
+	git checkout all
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'ambiguous call' '
+	test_must_fail git checkout world
+'
+
+test_done
-- 
1.6.0.rc0.154.ge2a39.dirty
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Message 5 of 16 in “git-checkout: fix argument parsing to detect ambiguous arguments.”
  1. git-checkout: fix argument parsing to detect ambiguous arguments.Pierre Habouzit, Jul 23, 2008
  2. Pierre HabouzitJul 23, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinJul 23, 2008
  4. Pierre HabouzitJul 23, 2008
  5. git-checkout: fix argument parsing to detect ambiguous arguments.Pierre Habouzit, Jul 23, 2008
  6. Pierre HabouzitJul 23, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinJul 23, 2008
  8. Resubmit after a night of sleepPierre Habouzit, Jul 23, 2008
  9. 1/2 git-checkout: fix command line parsing.Pierre Habouzit, Jul 23, 2008
  10. 2/2 git-checkout: improve error messages, detect ambiguities.Pierre Habouzit, Jul 23, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 23, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2008
  13. Pierre HabouzitJul 24, 2008
  14. checkout: mention '--' in the docsSZEDER Gábor, Jul 23, 2008
  15. bash: offer only paths after '--' for 'git checkout'SZEDER Gábor, Jul 23, 2008
  16. Shawn O. PearceJul 25, 2008

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