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Re: [1.8.0] git checkout refs/heads/foo checks out branch foo

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 8, 2011, 00:01 UTC
Message-ID
<20110208000151.GA19944@elie>
In-Reply-To
<20110207234526.GA28336@sigill.intra.peff.net>
Jeff King wrote:
> Jonathan, do you want to roll all of these up into a single patch?
Sounds good.
> +++ b/t/t2020-checkout-detach.sh
[...]
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> +check_detached() {
> +	! git symbolic-ref -q HEAD >/dev/null
> +}
> +
> +check_not_detached() {
> +	! check_detached
> +}
To be pedantic, I'll put
 check_detached () {
	test_must_fail git symbolic-ref -q HEAD >/dev/null
 }
 check_not_detached () {
	git symbolic-ref -q HEAD >/dev/null
 }
and add some more paranoid tests:
 test_expect_success 'checkout --detach without branch name detaches' '
        reset &&
	git checkout --detach &&
	check_detached
 '
 test_expect_success 'checkout --detach catches error in usage' '
	reset &&
	git checkout master &&
	test_must_fail git checkout --detach tag nonsense &&
	check_not_detached
 '
 test_expect_success 'checkout --detach moves HEAD' '
	reset &&
	git checkout one &&
	git checkout --detach two &&
	git diff --exit-code HEAD &&
	git diff --exit-code two
 '
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Message 8 of 18 in “[1.8.0] git checkout refs/heads/foo checks out branch foo”
  1. Martin von ZweigbergkFeb 7, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2011
  3. Jeff KingFeb 7, 2011
  4. Sverre RabbelierFeb 7, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederFeb 7, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2011
  7. Jeff KingFeb 7, 2011
  8. Jonathan NiederFeb 8, 2011
  9. Jeff KingFeb 8, 2011
  10. Martin von ZweigbergkFeb 8, 2011
  11. checkout: introduce --detach synonym for "git checkout foo^{commit}"Jonathan Nieder, Feb 8, 2011
  12. Jonathan NiederFeb 8, 2011
  13. 0/3 checkout: introduce --detach synonym for "git checkout foo^{commit}"Jonathan Nieder, Feb 8, 2011
  14. 1/3 checkout: split off a function to peel away branchname argJonathan Nieder, Feb 8, 2011
  15. 2/3 checkout: introduce --detach synonym for "git checkout foo^{commit}"Jonathan Nieder, Feb 8, 2011
  16. 3/3 checkout: rearrange update_refs_for_switch for clarityJonathan Nieder, Feb 8, 2011
  17. Heiko VoigtFeb 7, 2011
  18. Martin von ZweigbergkFeb 8, 2011

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