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[PATCH 0/3] checkout: allow -b/-B to work on a merge base

From
Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 25, 2019, 21:10 UTC
Message-ID
<cover.1556226502.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>
I noticed earlier that running
	$ git checkout -b test master...
would result in the following failure message:
	fatal: Not a valid object name: 'master...'.
I believe that this is a bug, so this patchset will allow this to succeed.
Denton Liu (3):
  t2018: cleanup in current test
  t2018: demonstrate checkout -b merge base bug
  checkout: allow -b/-B to work on a merge base
 builtin/checkout.c         |  4 ++-
 t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh | 52 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
-- 
2.21.0.1033.g0e8cc1100c
Next: Denton Liu
Message 1 of 21 in “checkout: allow -b/-B to work on a merge base”
  1. 0/3 checkout: allow -b/-B to work on a merge baseDenton Liu, Apr 25, 2019
  2. 1/3 t2018: cleanup in current testDenton Liu, Apr 25, 2019
  3. Eric SunshineApr 25, 2019
  4. Denton LiuApr 26, 2019
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2019
  6. Eric SunshineApr 26, 2019
  7. 2/3 t2018: demonstrate checkout -b merge base bugDenton Liu, Apr 25, 2019
  8. 3/3 checkout: allow -b/-B to work on a merge baseDenton Liu, Apr 25, 2019
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2019
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2019
  11. 0/3 allow checkout and branch to create branches on a merge baseDenton Liu, Apr 26, 2019
  12. 1/3 t2018: cleanup in current testDenton Liu, Apr 26, 2019
  13. 2/3 t2018: demonstrate checkout -b merge base bugDenton Liu, Apr 26, 2019
  14. 3/3 branch: make create_branch accept a merge base revDenton Liu, Apr 26, 2019
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2019
  16. Denton LiuApr 26, 2019
  17. Denton LiuApr 26, 2019
  18. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2019
  19. 0/2 allow checkout and branch to create branches on a merge baseDenton Liu, Apr 27, 2019
  20. 1/2 t2018: cleanup in current testDenton Liu, Apr 27, 2019
  21. 2/2 branch: make create_branch accept a merge base revDenton Liu, Apr 27, 2019

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