X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=git-checkout.sh;h=92ec069a3acacc2d12c2c709311969f3d0aa4153;hb=6900679c2f6d937a5a6ef616869c8887690ad19d;hp=dd477245fb3703402b950cbc1378b35ce379d631;hpb=99692dc213482116f237ea58965b0ceef3827147;p=git.git

diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index dd477245f..92ec069a3 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
 		shift
 		[ -z "$newbranch" ] &&
 			die "git checkout: -b needs a branch name"
-		[ -e "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$newbranch" ] &&
+		git-show-ref --verify --quiet -- "refs/heads/$newbranch" &&
 			die "git checkout: branch $newbranch already exists"
 		git-check-ref-format "heads/$newbranch" ||
 			die "git checkout: we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name."
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ while [ "$#" != "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/$arg"
+			then
 				branch="$arg"
 			fi
 		elif rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$arg^{tree}" 2>/dev/null)
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
     esac
 done
 
+case "$force$merge" in
+11)
+	die "git checkout: -f and -m are incompatible"
+esac
+
 # The behaviour of the command with and without explicit path
 # parameters is quite different.
 #
@@ -106,7 +112,11 @@ Did you intend to checkout '$@' which can not be resolved as commit?"
 		git-ls-tree --full-name -r "$new" "$@" |
 		git-update-index --index-info || exit $?
 	fi
-	git-checkout-index -f -u -- "$@"
+
+	# Make sure the request is about existing paths.
+	git-ls-files --error-unmatch -- "$@" >/dev/null || exit
+	git-ls-files -- "$@" |
+	git-checkout-index -f -u --stdin
 	exit $?
 else
 	# Make sure we did not fall back on $arg^{tree} codepath
@@ -136,8 +146,11 @@ fi
 
 [ -z "$branch$newbranch" ] &&
 	[ "$new" != "$old" ] &&
-	die "git checkout: to checkout the requested commit you need to specify 
-              a name for a new branch which is created and switched to"
+	die "git checkout: provided reference cannot be checked out directly
+
+  You need -b to associate a new branch with the wanted checkout. Example:
+  git checkout -b <new_branch_name> $arg
+"
 
 if [ "X$old" = X ]
 then
@@ -151,7 +164,7 @@ then
     git-read-tree --reset -u $new
 else
     git-update-index --refresh >/dev/null
-    merge_error=$(git-read-tree -m -u $old $new 2>&1) || (
+    merge_error=$(git-read-tree -m -u --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore $old $new 2>&1) || (
 	case "$merge" in
 	'')
 		echo >&2 "$merge_error"
@@ -162,7 +175,8 @@ else
     	git diff-files --name-only | git update-index --remove --stdin &&
 	work=`git write-tree` &&
 	git read-tree --reset -u $new &&
-	git read-tree -m -u --aggressive $old $new $work || exit
+	git read-tree -m -u --aggressive --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore $old $new $work ||
+	exit
 
 	if result=`git write-tree 2>/dev/null`
 	then