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[PATCH] checkout: work from a subdirectory

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 20, 2008, 23:54 UTC
Message-ID
<7vy79f18vl.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To
<20080220223520.GA23642@localhost>

When switching branches from a subdirectory, checkout rewritten in C extracted the toplevel of the tree in there.

This should fix it.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 builtin-checkout.c |    1 -
 t/t7201-co.sh      |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index 1fc1e56..f51b77a 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
 			topts.dir = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*topts.dir));
 			topts.dir->show_ignored = 1;
 			topts.dir->exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
-			topts.prefix = prefix;
 			tree = parse_tree_indirect(old->commit->object.sha1);
 			init_tree_desc(&trees[0], tree->buffer, tree->size);
 			tree = parse_tree_indirect(new->commit->object.sha1);
diff --git a/t/t7201-co.sh b/t/t7201-co.sh
index 5492f21..0fa9467 100755
--- a/t/t7201-co.sh
+++ b/t/t7201-co.sh
@@ -263,4 +263,38 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout with ambiguous tag/branch names' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'switch branches while in subdirectory' '
+
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout master &&
+
+	mkdir subs &&
+	(
+		cd subs &&
+		git checkout side
+	) &&
+	! test -f subs/one &&
+	rm -fr subs
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout specific path while in subdirectory' '
+
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout side &&
+	mkdir subs &&
+	>subs/bero &&
+	git add subs/bero &&
+	git commit -m "add subs/bero" &&
+
+	git checkout master &&
+	mkdir -p subs &&
+	(
+		cd subs &&
+		git checkout side -- bero
+	) &&
+	test -f subs/bero
+
+'
+
 test_done
Previous: Daniel Barkalow
Message 6 of 6 in “Built-in checkout: wrong behaviour in subdirectories”
  1. Clemens BuchacherFeb 20, 2008
  2. Daniel BarkalowFeb 20, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2008
  5. Daniel BarkalowFeb 21, 2008
  6. checkout: work from a subdirectoryJunio C Hamano, Feb 20, 2008

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