From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:39:26 GMT
Subject: Re: Possible regression: overwriting untracked files in a fresh repo
Message-ID: <7viqgc3kgx.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090824190710.GB25168@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> However, if I then do this:
>
>   (cd parent && echo content >another && git add . && git commit -m more)
>   (cd child && git fetch ../parent && git checkout -b new FETCH_HEAD)
>
> then it does complain. I'm guessing there is a different code path for
> the case that we have no index at all, and that it is not properly
> checking for overwrites.

I think it is this "opts->force = 1" done when you are on an unborn
branch.

	if (!old.commit && !opts->force) {
		if (!opts->quiet) {
			warning("You appear to be on a branch yet to be born.");
			warning("Forcing checkout of %s.", new->name);
		}
		opts->force = 1;
	}