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Re: Teach "git checkout" to use git-show-ref

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 15, 2006, 22:11 UTC
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<eef8dq$nbc$1@sea.gmane.org>
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0609151455150.4388@g5.osdl.org>
Linus Torvalds wrote:
Show 6 quoted lines
> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
>                         fi
>                         new="$rev"
>                         new_name="$arg^0"
> -                       if [ -f "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$arg" ]; then
> +                       if git-show-ref --verify --quiet -- "refs/heads/$arg" ]; then
  +                       if git-show-ref --verify --quiet -- "refs/heads/$arg"; then
>                                 branch="$arg"
>                         fi
>                 elif rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$arg^{tree}" 2>/dev/null)
There is leftover ] before ; in if.
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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Message 6 of 7 in “Add "git show-ref" builtin command”
  1. Linus TorvaldsSep 15, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2006
  3. Jakub NarebskiSep 15, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2006
  5. Teach "git checkout" to use git-show-refLinus Torvalds, Sep 15, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiSep 15, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 16, 2006

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