Paolo BonziniThis patch adds --track and --no-track options to "git checkout". In order to do so, it modifies the script to use "git branch" to create the branch, and passes the two options to "git branch". The two new options are only allowed when -b is given on the command-line, and they are only effective when the branch is created off a remote branch.
The defaults for remote branch tracking are as for "git branch": it is off by default, but it can be enabled with the configuration variable "remote.REMOTENAME.trackintolocalbranches". --- Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 15 +++++++++++++-- git-checkout.sh | 17 +++++++++++------ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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Documentation/git-checkout.txt, git-checkout.sh
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 1ae77be..f5b2d50 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-checkout - Checkout and switch to a branch SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [-b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>] +'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [-b [--track | --no-track] <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>] 'git-checkout' [<tree-ish>] <paths>... DESCRIPTION @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ When <paths> are not given, this command switches branches by updating the index and working tree to reflect the specified branch, <branch>, and updating HEAD to be <branch> or, if specified, <new_branch>. Using -b will cause <new_branch> to -be created. +be created; in this case you can use the --track or --no-track +options, which will be passed to `git branch`. When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from @@ -45,6 +46,16 @@ OPTIONS by gitlink:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name. +--track:: + When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch, + setup so that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from + the remote branch. + +--no-track:: + When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch, + don't setup so that git-pull will not retrieve data from the + remote branch independent of the configuration settings. + -l:: Create the new branch's ref log. This activates recording of all changes to made the branch ref, enabling use of date diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh index 14835a4..6caa9fd 100755 --- a/git-checkout.sh +++ b/git-checkout.sh @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ new= new_name= force= branch= +track= newbranch= newbranch_log= merge= @@ -33,7 +34,10 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do die "git checkout: we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name." ;; "-l") - newbranch_log=1 + newbranch_log=-l + ;; + "--track"|"--no-track") + track="$arg" ;; "-f") force=1 @@ -85,6 +89,11 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do esac done +case "$new_branch,$track" in +,--*) + die "git checkout: --track and --no-track require -b" +esac + case "$force$merge" in 11) die "git checkout: -f and -m are incompatible" @@ -235,11 +244,7 @@ fi # if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then if [ "$newbranch" ]; then - if [ "$newbranch_log" ]; then - mkdir -p $(dirname "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$newbranch") - touch "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$newbranch" - fi - git-update-ref -m "checkout: Created from $new_name" "refs/heads/$newbranch" $new || exit + git-branch $track $newbranch_log "$newbranch" "$new_name" || exit branch="$newbranch" fi if test -n "$branch"
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