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Re: [PATCH v3 14/22] worktree: add: suppress auto-vivication with --detach and no <branch>

From
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Jul 17, 2015, 23:20 UTC
Message-ID
<20150717232040.GA85140@flurp.local>
In-Reply-To
<1437174017-81687-15-git-send-email-sunshine@sunshineco.com>
On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 07:00:09PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote:
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> Fix oversight where branch auto-vivication incorrectly kicks in when
> --detach is specified and <branch> omitted. Instead, treat:
> 
>     git worktree add --detach <path>
> 
> as shorthand for:
> 
>     git worktree add --detach <path> HEAD
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
> ---
>  builtin/worktree.c      |  2 +-
>  t/t2025-worktree-add.sh | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

I meant, but forgot, to include a documentation update with this patch. Here it is as a squash-in:

---- 8< ----
From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 23/22] fixup! worktree: add: suppress auto-vivication with --detach and no <branch>
Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
---
 Documentation/git-worktree.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index da71f50..834a61c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ Create `<path>` and checkout `<branch>` into it. The new working directory
 is linked to the current repository, sharing everything except working
 directory specific files such as HEAD, index, etc.
 +
-If `<branch>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` is used, then, as a
-convenience, a new branch based at HEAD is created automatically, as if
-`-b $(basename <path>)` was specified.
+If `<branch>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detached` used,
+then, as a convenience, a new branch based at HEAD is created automatically,
+as if `-b $(basename <path>)` was specified.
 
 prune::
 

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Message 16 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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