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Regression `git checkout $rev -b branch` while in a `--no-checkout` clone does not check out files

From
Anthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu>
Date
Jan 1, 2019, 23:17 UTC
Message-ID
<CA+dzEB=DH0irkFaRzkKERSjdZ=EJ+mG3Ri2Xeobx9Yu_eDd+jg@mail.gmail.com>
Here's a simple regression test -- haven't had time to bisect this

``` #!/usr/bin/env bash set -euxo pipefail

rm -rf src dest
git --version

git init src echo hi > src/a git -C src add . git -C src commit -m "initial commit" rev="$(git -C src rev-parse HEAD)"

git clone --no-checkout src dest git -C dest checkout "$rev" -b branch test -f dest/a

: 'SUCCESS!' ```

With git 2.17.1
```
+ set -euo pipefail
+ rm -rf src dest
+ git --version
git version 2.17.1
+ git init src
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/t/src/.git/
+ echo hi
+ git -C src add .
+ git -C src commit -m 'initial commit'
[master (root-commit) 61ae2ae] initial commit
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 a
++ git -C src rev-parse HEAD
+ rev=61ae2ae9c9a96de7b1688b095f20a6adf9c20db1
+ git clone --no-checkout src dest
Cloning into 'dest'...
done.
+ git -C dest checkout 61ae2ae9c9a96de7b1688b095f20a6adf9c20db1 -b branch
Switched to a new branch 'branch'
+ test -f dest/a
+ : 'SUCCESS!'
```
With git 2.20.GIT (b21ebb671bb7dea8d342225f0d66c41f4e54d5ca)
```
+ set -euo pipefail
+ rm -rf src dest
+ git --version
git version 2.20.GIT
+ git init src
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/t/src/.git/
+ echo hi
+ git -C src add .
+ git -C src commit -m 'initial commit'
[master (root-commit) df4d6dc] initial commit
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 a
++ git -C src rev-parse HEAD
+ rev=df4d6dcf02b15bfe2b3f0e4a8aa25ac165b1368c
+ git clone --no-checkout src dest
Cloning into 'dest'...
done.
+ git -C dest checkout df4d6dcf02b15bfe2b3f0e4a8aa25ac165b1368c -b branch
D    a
Switched to a new branch 'branch'
+ test -f dest/a
```

A workaround for my use case is to not use `--no-checkout`, though this is potentially slow

Anthony
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  17. 0/2 Fix regression in checkout -bBen Peart, Jan 21, 2019
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  19. SZEDER GáborJan 23, 2019
  20. 2/2 checkout: fix regression in checkout -b on intitial checkoutBen Peart, Jan 21, 2019
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  27. 0/2 Fix regression in checkout -bBen Peart, Jan 23, 2019
  28. 1/2 checkout: add test demonstrating regression with checkout -b on initial commitBen Peart, Jan 23, 2019
  29. 2/2 checkout: fix regression in checkout -b on intitial checkoutBen Peart, Jan 23, 2019
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