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1 #include "cache.h"
2 #include "builtin.h"
3 #include "parse-options.h"
4 #include "refs.h"
5 #include "commit.h"
6 #include "tree.h"
7 #include "tree-walk.h"
8 #include "cache-tree.h"
9 #include "unpack-trees.h"
10 #include "dir.h"
11 #include "run-command.h"
12 #include "merge-recursive.h"
13 #include "branch.h"
14 #include "diff.h"
15 #include "revision.h"
16 #include "remote.h"
17 #include "blob.h"
18 #include "xdiff-interface.h"
19 #include "ll-merge.h"
20 #include "resolve-undo.h"
22 static const char * const checkout_usage[] = {
23         "git checkout [options] <branch>",
24         "git checkout [options] [<branch>] -- <file>...",
25         NULL,
26 };
28 struct checkout_opts {
29         int quiet;
30         int merge;
31         int force;
32         int writeout_stage;
33         int writeout_error;
35         const char *new_branch;
36         int new_branch_log;
37         enum branch_track track;
38 };
40 static int post_checkout_hook(struct commit *old, struct commit *new,
41                               int changed)
42 {
43         return run_hook(NULL, "post-checkout",
44                         sha1_to_hex(old ? old->object.sha1 : null_sha1),
45                         sha1_to_hex(new ? new->object.sha1 : null_sha1),
46                         changed ? "1" : "0", NULL);
47         /* "new" can be NULL when checking out from the index before
48            a commit exists. */
50 }
52 static int update_some(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *base, int baselen,
53                 const char *pathname, unsigned mode, int stage, void *context)
54 {
55         int len;
56         struct cache_entry *ce;
58         if (S_ISDIR(mode))
59                 return READ_TREE_RECURSIVE;
61         len = baselen + strlen(pathname);
62         ce = xcalloc(1, cache_entry_size(len));
63         hashcpy(ce->sha1, sha1);
64         memcpy(ce->name, base, baselen);
65         memcpy(ce->name + baselen, pathname, len - baselen);
66         ce->ce_flags = create_ce_flags(len, 0);
67         ce->ce_mode = create_ce_mode(mode);
68         add_cache_entry(ce, ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_ADD | ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_REPLACE);
69         return 0;
70 }
72 static int read_tree_some(struct tree *tree, const char **pathspec)
73 {
74         read_tree_recursive(tree, "", 0, 0, pathspec, update_some, NULL);
76         /* update the index with the given tree's info
77          * for all args, expanding wildcards, and exit
78          * with any non-zero return code.
79          */
80         return 0;
81 }
83 static int skip_same_name(struct cache_entry *ce, int pos)
84 {
85         while (++pos < active_nr &&
86                !strcmp(active_cache[pos]->name, ce->name))
87                 ; /* skip */
88         return pos;
89 }
91 static int check_stage(int stage, struct cache_entry *ce, int pos)
92 {
93         while (pos < active_nr &&
94                !strcmp(active_cache[pos]->name, ce->name)) {
95                 if (ce_stage(active_cache[pos]) == stage)
96                         return 0;
97                 pos++;
98         }
99         return error("path '%s' does not have %s version",
100                      ce->name,
101                      (stage == 2) ? "our" : "their");
104 static int check_all_stages(struct cache_entry *ce, int pos)
106         if (ce_stage(ce) != 1 ||
107             active_nr <= pos + 2 ||
108             strcmp(active_cache[pos+1]->name, ce->name) ||
109             ce_stage(active_cache[pos+1]) != 2 ||
110             strcmp(active_cache[pos+2]->name, ce->name) ||
111             ce_stage(active_cache[pos+2]) != 3)
112                 return error("path '%s' does not have all three versions",
113                              ce->name);
114         return 0;
117 static int checkout_stage(int stage, struct cache_entry *ce, int pos,
118                           struct checkout *state)
120         while (pos < active_nr &&
121                !strcmp(active_cache[pos]->name, ce->name)) {
122                 if (ce_stage(active_cache[pos]) == stage)
123                         return checkout_entry(active_cache[pos], state, NULL);
124                 pos++;
125         }
126         return error("path '%s' does not have %s version",
127                      ce->name,
128                      (stage == 2) ? "our" : "their");
131 /* NEEDSWORK: share with merge-recursive */
132 static void fill_mm(const unsigned char *sha1, mmfile_t *mm)
134         unsigned long size;
135         enum object_type type;
137         if (!hashcmp(sha1, null_sha1)) {
138                 mm->ptr = xstrdup("");
139                 mm->size = 0;
140                 return;
141         }
143         mm->ptr = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
144         if (!mm->ptr || type != OBJ_BLOB)
145                 die("unable to read blob object %s", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
146         mm->size = size;
149 static int checkout_merged(int pos, struct checkout *state)
151         struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
152         const char *path = ce->name;
153         mmfile_t ancestor, ours, theirs;
154         int status;
155         unsigned char sha1[20];
156         mmbuffer_t result_buf;
158         if (ce_stage(ce) != 1 ||
159             active_nr <= pos + 2 ||
160             strcmp(active_cache[pos+1]->name, path) ||
161             ce_stage(active_cache[pos+1]) != 2 ||
162             strcmp(active_cache[pos+2]->name, path) ||
163             ce_stage(active_cache[pos+2]) != 3)
164                 return error("path '%s' does not have all 3 versions", path);
166         fill_mm(active_cache[pos]->sha1, &ancestor);
167         fill_mm(active_cache[pos+1]->sha1, &ours);
168         fill_mm(active_cache[pos+2]->sha1, &theirs);
170         status = ll_merge(&result_buf, path, &ancestor,
171                           &ours, "ours", &theirs, "theirs", 0);
172         free(ancestor.ptr);
173         free(ours.ptr);
174         free(theirs.ptr);
175         if (status < 0 || !result_buf.ptr) {
176                 free(result_buf.ptr);
177                 return error("path '%s': cannot merge", path);
178         }
180         /*
181          * NEEDSWORK:
182          * There is absolutely no reason to write this as a blob object
183          * and create a phony cache entry just to leak.  This hack is
184          * primarily to get to the write_entry() machinery that massages
185          * the contents to work-tree format and writes out which only
186          * allows it for a cache entry.  The code in write_entry() needs
187          * to be refactored to allow us to feed a <buffer, size, mode>
188          * instead of a cache entry.  Such a refactoring would help
189          * merge_recursive as well (it also writes the merge result to the
190          * object database even when it may contain conflicts).
191          */
192         if (write_sha1_file(result_buf.ptr, result_buf.size,
193                             blob_type, sha1))
194                 die("Unable to add merge result for '%s'", path);
195         ce = make_cache_entry(create_ce_mode(active_cache[pos+1]->ce_mode),
196                               sha1,
197                               path, 2, 0);
198         if (!ce)
199                 die("make_cache_entry failed for path '%s'", path);
200         status = checkout_entry(ce, state, NULL);
201         return status;
204 static int checkout_paths(struct tree *source_tree, const char **pathspec,
205                           struct checkout_opts *opts)
207         int pos;
208         struct checkout state;
209         static char *ps_matched;
210         unsigned char rev[20];
211         int flag;
212         struct commit *head;
213         int errs = 0;
214         int stage = opts->writeout_stage;
215         int merge = opts->merge;
216         int newfd;
217         struct lock_file *lock_file = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
219         newfd = hold_locked_index(lock_file, 1);
220         if (read_cache_preload(pathspec) < 0)
221                 return error("corrupt index file");
223         if (source_tree)
224                 read_tree_some(source_tree, pathspec);
226         for (pos = 0; pathspec[pos]; pos++)
227                 ;
228         ps_matched = xcalloc(1, pos);
230         for (pos = 0; pos < active_nr; pos++) {
231                 struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
232                 match_pathspec(pathspec, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce), 0, ps_matched);
233         }
235         if (report_path_error(ps_matched, pathspec, 0))
236                 return 1;
238         /* "checkout -m path" to recreate conflicted state */
239         if (opts->merge)
240                 unmerge_cache(pathspec);
242         /* Any unmerged paths? */
243         for (pos = 0; pos < active_nr; pos++) {
244                 struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
245                 if (match_pathspec(pathspec, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce), 0, NULL)) {
246                         if (!ce_stage(ce))
247                                 continue;
248                         if (opts->force) {
249                                 warning("path '%s' is unmerged", ce->name);
250                         } else if (stage) {
251                                 errs |= check_stage(stage, ce, pos);
252                         } else if (opts->merge) {
253                                 errs |= check_all_stages(ce, pos);
254                         } else {
255                                 errs = 1;
256                                 error("path '%s' is unmerged", ce->name);
257                         }
258                         pos = skip_same_name(ce, pos) - 1;
259                 }
260         }
261         if (errs)
262                 return 1;
264         /* Now we are committed to check them out */
265         memset(&state, 0, sizeof(state));
266         state.force = 1;
267         state.refresh_cache = 1;
268         for (pos = 0; pos < active_nr; pos++) {
269                 struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
270                 if (match_pathspec(pathspec, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce), 0, NULL)) {
271                         if (!ce_stage(ce)) {
272                                 errs |= checkout_entry(ce, &state, NULL);
273                                 continue;
274                         }
275                         if (stage)
276                                 errs |= checkout_stage(stage, ce, pos, &state);
277                         else if (merge)
278                                 errs |= checkout_merged(pos, &state);
279                         pos = skip_same_name(ce, pos) - 1;
280                 }
281         }
283         if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
284             commit_locked_index(lock_file))
285                 die("unable to write new index file");
287         resolve_ref("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag);
288         head = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1);
290         errs |= post_checkout_hook(head, head, 0);
291         return errs;
294 static void show_local_changes(struct object *head)
296         struct rev_info rev;
297         /* I think we want full paths, even if we're in a subdirectory. */
298         init_revisions(&rev, NULL);
299         rev.abbrev = 0;
300         rev.diffopt.output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_NAME_STATUS;
301         if (diff_setup_done(&rev.diffopt) < 0)
302                 die("diff_setup_done failed");
303         add_pending_object(&rev, head, NULL);
304         run_diff_index(&rev, 0);
307 static void describe_detached_head(char *msg, struct commit *commit)
309         struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
310         struct pretty_print_context ctx = {0};
311         parse_commit(commit);
312         pretty_print_commit(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &sb, &ctx);
313         fprintf(stderr, "%s %s... %s\n", msg,
314                 find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV), sb.buf);
315         strbuf_release(&sb);
318 static int reset_tree(struct tree *tree, struct checkout_opts *o, int worktree)
320         struct unpack_trees_options opts;
321         struct tree_desc tree_desc;
323         memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
324         opts.head_idx = -1;
325         opts.update = worktree;
326         opts.skip_unmerged = !worktree;
327         opts.reset = 1;
328         opts.merge = 1;
329         opts.fn = oneway_merge;
330         opts.verbose_update = !o->quiet;
331         opts.src_index = &the_index;
332         opts.dst_index = &the_index;
333         parse_tree(tree);
334         init_tree_desc(&tree_desc, tree->buffer, tree->size);
335         switch (unpack_trees(1, &tree_desc, &opts)) {
336         case -2:
337                 o->writeout_error = 1;
338                 /*
339                  * We return 0 nevertheless, as the index is all right
340                  * and more importantly we have made best efforts to
341                  * update paths in the work tree, and we cannot revert
342                  * them.
343                  */
344         case 0:
345                 return 0;
346         default:
347                 return 128;
348         }
351 struct branch_info {
352         const char *name; /* The short name used */
353         const char *path; /* The full name of a real branch */
354         struct commit *commit; /* The named commit */
355 };
357 static void setup_branch_path(struct branch_info *branch)
359         struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
361         strbuf_branchname(&buf, branch->name);
362         if (strcmp(buf.buf, branch->name))
363                 branch->name = xstrdup(buf.buf);
364         strbuf_splice(&buf, 0, 0, "refs/heads/", 11);
365         branch->path = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
368 static int merge_working_tree(struct checkout_opts *opts,
369                               struct branch_info *old, struct branch_info *new)
371         int ret;
372         struct lock_file *lock_file = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
373         int newfd = hold_locked_index(lock_file, 1);
375         if (read_cache_preload(NULL) < 0)
376                 return error("corrupt index file");
378         resolve_undo_clear();
379         if (opts->force) {
380                 ret = reset_tree(new->commit->tree, opts, 1);
381                 if (ret)
382                         return ret;
383         } else {
384                 struct tree_desc trees[2];
385                 struct tree *tree;
386                 struct unpack_trees_options topts;
388                 memset(&topts, 0, sizeof(topts));
389                 topts.head_idx = -1;
390                 topts.src_index = &the_index;
391                 topts.dst_index = &the_index;
393                 topts.msgs.not_uptodate_file = "You have local changes to '%s'; cannot switch branches.";
395                 refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
397                 if (unmerged_cache()) {
398                         error("you need to resolve your current index first");
399                         return 1;
400                 }
402                 /* 2-way merge to the new branch */
403                 topts.initial_checkout = is_cache_unborn();
404                 topts.update = 1;
405                 topts.merge = 1;
406                 topts.gently = opts->merge && old->commit;
407                 topts.verbose_update = !opts->quiet;
408                 topts.fn = twoway_merge;
409                 topts.dir = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*topts.dir));
410                 topts.dir->flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
411                 topts.dir->exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
412                 tree = parse_tree_indirect(old->commit ?
413                                            old->commit->object.sha1 :
414                                            (unsigned char *)EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN);
415                 init_tree_desc(&trees[0], tree->buffer, tree->size);
416                 tree = parse_tree_indirect(new->commit->object.sha1);
417                 init_tree_desc(&trees[1], tree->buffer, tree->size);
419                 ret = unpack_trees(2, trees, &topts);
420                 if (ret == -1) {
421                         /*
422                          * Unpack couldn't do a trivial merge; either
423                          * give up or do a real merge, depending on
424                          * whether the merge flag was used.
425                          */
426                         struct tree *result;
427                         struct tree *work;
428                         struct merge_options o;
429                         if (!opts->merge)
430                                 return 1;
432                         /*
433                          * Without old->commit, the below is the same as
434                          * the two-tree unpack we already tried and failed.
435                          */
436                         if (!old->commit)
437                                 return 1;
439                         /* Do more real merge */
441                         /*
442                          * We update the index fully, then write the
443                          * tree from the index, then merge the new
444                          * branch with the current tree, with the old
445                          * branch as the base. Then we reset the index
446                          * (but not the working tree) to the new
447                          * branch, leaving the working tree as the
448                          * merged version, but skipping unmerged
449                          * entries in the index.
450                          */
452                         add_files_to_cache(NULL, NULL, 0);
453                         init_merge_options(&o);
454                         o.verbosity = 0;
455                         work = write_tree_from_memory(&o);
457                         ret = reset_tree(new->commit->tree, opts, 1);
458                         if (ret)
459                                 return ret;
460                         o.branch1 = new->name;
461                         o.branch2 = "local";
462                         merge_trees(&o, new->commit->tree, work,
463                                 old->commit->tree, &result);
464                         ret = reset_tree(new->commit->tree, opts, 0);
465                         if (ret)
466                                 return ret;
467                 }
468         }
470         if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
471             commit_locked_index(lock_file))
472                 die("unable to write new index file");
474         if (!opts->force && !opts->quiet)
475                 show_local_changes(&new->commit->object);
477         return 0;
480 static void report_tracking(struct branch_info *new)
482         struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
483         struct branch *branch = branch_get(new->name);
485         if (!format_tracking_info(branch, &sb))
486                 return;
487         fputs(sb.buf, stdout);
488         strbuf_release(&sb);
491 static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
492                                    struct branch_info *old,
493                                    struct branch_info *new)
495         struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
496         const char *old_desc;
497         if (opts->new_branch) {
498                 create_branch(old->name, opts->new_branch, new->name, 0,
499                               opts->new_branch_log, opts->track);
500                 new->name = opts->new_branch;
501                 setup_branch_path(new);
502         }
504         old_desc = old->name;
505         if (!old_desc && old->commit)
506                 old_desc = sha1_to_hex(old->commit->object.sha1);
507         strbuf_addf(&msg, "checkout: moving from %s to %s",
508                     old_desc ? old_desc : "(invalid)", new->name);
510         if (new->path) {
511                 create_symref("HEAD", new->path, msg.buf);
512                 if (!opts->quiet) {
513                         if (old->path && !strcmp(new->path, old->path))
514                                 fprintf(stderr, "Already on '%s'\n",
515                                         new->name);
516                         else
517                                 fprintf(stderr, "Switched to%s branch '%s'\n",
518                                         opts->new_branch ? " a new" : "",
519                                         new->name);
520                 }
521         } else if (strcmp(new->name, "HEAD")) {
522                 update_ref(msg.buf, "HEAD", new->commit->object.sha1, NULL,
523                            REF_NODEREF, DIE_ON_ERR);
524                 if (!opts->quiet) {
525                         if (old->path)
526                                 fprintf(stderr, "Note: moving to '%s' which isn't a local branch\nIf you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so\n(now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n  git checkout -b <new_branch_name>\n", new->name);
527                         describe_detached_head("HEAD is now at", new->commit);
528                 }
529         }
530         remove_branch_state();
531         strbuf_release(&msg);
532         if (!opts->quiet && (new->path || !strcmp(new->name, "HEAD")))
533                 report_tracking(new);
536 static int switch_branches(struct checkout_opts *opts, struct branch_info *new)
538         int ret = 0;
539         struct branch_info old;
540         unsigned char rev[20];
541         int flag;
542         memset(&old, 0, sizeof(old));
543         old.path = resolve_ref("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag);
544         old.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1);
545         if (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF))
546                 old.path = NULL;
548         if (old.path && !prefixcmp(old.path, "refs/heads/"))
549                 old.name = old.path + strlen("refs/heads/");
551         if (!new->name) {
552                 new->name = "HEAD";
553                 new->commit = old.commit;
554                 if (!new->commit)
555                         die("You are on a branch yet to be born");
556                 parse_commit(new->commit);
557         }
559         ret = merge_working_tree(opts, &old, new);
560         if (ret)
561                 return ret;
563         /*
564          * If we were on a detached HEAD, but have now moved to
565          * a new commit, we want to mention the old commit once more
566          * to remind the user that it might be lost.
567          */
568         if (!opts->quiet && !old.path && old.commit && new->commit != old.commit)
569                 describe_detached_head("Previous HEAD position was", old.commit);
571         update_refs_for_switch(opts, &old, new);
573         ret = post_checkout_hook(old.commit, new->commit, 1);
574         return ret || opts->writeout_error;
577 static int git_checkout_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
579         return git_xmerge_config(var, value, cb);
582 static int interactive_checkout(const char *revision, const char **pathspec,
583                                 struct checkout_opts *opts)
585         return run_add_interactive(revision, "--patch=checkout", pathspec);
588 struct tracking_name_data {
589         const char *name;
590         char *remote;
591         int unique;
592 };
594 static int check_tracking_name(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1,
595                                int flags, void *cb_data)
597         struct tracking_name_data *cb = cb_data;
598         const char *slash;
600         if (prefixcmp(refname, "refs/remotes/"))
601                 return 0;
602         slash = strchr(refname + 13, '/');
603         if (!slash || strcmp(slash + 1, cb->name))
604                 return 0;
605         if (cb->remote) {
606                 cb->unique = 0;
607                 return 0;
608         }
609         cb->remote = xstrdup(refname);
610         return 0;
613 static const char *unique_tracking_name(const char *name)
615         struct tracking_name_data cb_data = { name, NULL, 1 };
616         for_each_ref(check_tracking_name, &cb_data);
617         if (cb_data.unique)
618                 return cb_data.remote;
619         free(cb_data.remote);
620         return NULL;
623 int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
625         struct checkout_opts opts;
626         unsigned char rev[20];
627         const char *arg;
628         struct branch_info new;
629         struct tree *source_tree = NULL;
630         char *conflict_style = NULL;
631         int patch_mode = 0;
632         int dwim_new_local_branch = 1;
633         struct option options[] = {
634                 OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet),
635                 OPT_STRING('b', NULL, &opts.new_branch, "new branch", "branch"),
636                 OPT_BOOLEAN('l', NULL, &opts.new_branch_log, "log for new branch"),
637                 OPT_SET_INT('t', "track",  &opts.track, "track",
638                         BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT),
639                 OPT_SET_INT('2', "ours", &opts.writeout_stage, "stage",
640                             2),
641                 OPT_SET_INT('3', "theirs", &opts.writeout_stage, "stage",
642                             3),
643                 OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &opts.force, "force"),
644                 OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "merge", &opts.merge, "merge"),
645                 OPT_STRING(0, "conflict", &conflict_style, "style",
646                            "conflict style (merge or diff3)"),
647                 OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "patch", &patch_mode, "select hunks interactively"),
648                 { OPTION_BOOLEAN, 0, "guess", &dwim_new_local_branch, NULL,
649                   "second guess 'git checkout no-such-branch'",
650                   PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
651                 OPT_END(),
652         };
653         int has_dash_dash;
655         memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
656         memset(&new, 0, sizeof(new));
658         git_config(git_checkout_config, NULL);
660         opts.track = BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED;
662         argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, checkout_usage,
663                              PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);
665         if (patch_mode && (opts.track > 0 || opts.new_branch
666                            || opts.new_branch_log || opts.merge || opts.force))
667                 die ("--patch is incompatible with all other options");
669         /* --track without -b should DWIM */
670         if (0 < opts.track && !opts.new_branch) {
671                 const char *argv0 = argv[0];
672                 if (!argc || !strcmp(argv0, "--"))
673                         die ("--track needs a branch name");
674                 if (!prefixcmp(argv0, "refs/"))
675                         argv0 += 5;
676                 if (!prefixcmp(argv0, "remotes/"))
677                         argv0 += 8;
678                 argv0 = strchr(argv0, '/');
679                 if (!argv0 || !argv0[1])
680                         die ("Missing branch name; try -b");
681                 opts.new_branch = argv0 + 1;
682         }
684         if (conflict_style) {
685                 opts.merge = 1; /* implied */
686                 git_xmerge_config("merge.conflictstyle", conflict_style, NULL);
687         }
689         if (opts.force && opts.merge)
690                 die("git checkout: -f and -m are incompatible");
692         /*
693          * case 1: git checkout <ref> -- [<paths>]
694          *
695          *   <ref> must be a valid tree, everything after the '--' must be
696          *   a path.
697          *
698          * case 2: git checkout -- [<paths>]
699          *
700          *   everything after the '--' must be paths.
701          *
702          * case 3: git checkout <something> [<paths>]
703          *
704          *   With no paths, if <something> is a commit, that is to
705          *   switch to the branch or detach HEAD at it.  As a special case,
706          *   if <something> is A...B (missing A or B means HEAD but you can
707          *   omit at most one side), and if there is a unique merge base
708          *   between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
709          *
710          *   With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b
711          *   was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is
712          *   <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
713          *   to fork local <something> from that remote tracking branch.
714          *
715          *   Otherwise <something> shall not be ambiguous.
716          *   - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).
717          *   - If it's only a path, treat it like case (2).
718          *   - else: fail.
719          *
720          */
721         if (argc) {
722                 if (!strcmp(argv[0], "--")) {       /* case (2) */
723                         argv++;
724                         argc--;
725                         goto no_reference;
726                 }
728                 arg = argv[0];
729                 has_dash_dash = (argc > 1) && !strcmp(argv[1], "--");
731                 if (!strcmp(arg, "-"))
732                         arg = "@{-1}";
734                 if (get_sha1_mb(arg, rev)) {
735                         if (has_dash_dash)          /* case (1) */
736                                 die("invalid reference: %s", arg);
737                         if (!patch_mode &&
738                             dwim_new_local_branch &&
739                             opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED &&
740                             !opts.new_branch &&
741                             !check_filename(NULL, arg) &&
742                             argc == 1) {
743                                 const char *remote = unique_tracking_name(arg);
744                                 if (!remote || get_sha1(remote, rev))
745                                         goto no_reference;
746                                 opts.new_branch = arg;
747                                 arg = remote;
748                                 /* DWIMmed to create local branch */
749                         }
750                         else
751                                 goto no_reference;
752                 }
754                 /* we can't end up being in (2) anymore, eat the argument */
755                 argv++;
756                 argc--;
758                 new.name = arg;
759                 if ((new.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1))) {
760                         setup_branch_path(&new);
762                         if ((check_ref_format(new.path) == CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK) &&
763                             resolve_ref(new.path, rev, 1, NULL))
764                                 ;
765                         else
766                                 new.path = NULL;
767                         parse_commit(new.commit);
768                         source_tree = new.commit->tree;
769                 } else
770                         source_tree = parse_tree_indirect(rev);
772                 if (!source_tree)                   /* case (1): want a tree */
773                         die("reference is not a tree: %s", arg);
774                 if (!has_dash_dash) {/* case (3 -> 1) */
775                         /*
776                          * Do not complain the most common case
777                          *      git checkout branch
778                          * even if there happen to be a file called 'branch';
779                          * it would be extremely annoying.
780                          */
781                         if (argc)
782                                 verify_non_filename(NULL, arg);
783                 }
784                 else {
785                         argv++;
786                         argc--;
787                 }
788         }
790 no_reference:
792         if (opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
793                 opts.track = git_branch_track;
795         if (argc) {
796                 const char **pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);
798                 if (!pathspec)
799                         die("invalid path specification");
801                 if (patch_mode)
802                         return interactive_checkout(new.name, pathspec, &opts);
804                 /* Checkout paths */
805                 if (opts.new_branch) {
806                         if (argc == 1) {
807                                 die("git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching branches.\nDid you intend to checkout '%s' which can not be resolved as commit?", argv[0]);
808                         } else {
809                                 die("git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching branches.");
810                         }
811                 }
813                 if (1 < !!opts.writeout_stage + !!opts.force + !!opts.merge)
814                         die("git checkout: --ours/--theirs, --force and --merge are incompatible when\nchecking out of the index.");
816                 return checkout_paths(source_tree, pathspec, &opts);
817         }
819         if (patch_mode)
820                 return interactive_checkout(new.name, NULL, &opts);
822         if (opts.new_branch) {
823                 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
824                 if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&buf, opts.new_branch))
825                         die("git checkout: we do not like '%s' as a branch name.",
826                             opts.new_branch);
827                 if (!get_sha1(buf.buf, rev))
828                         die("git checkout: branch %s already exists", opts.new_branch);
829                 strbuf_release(&buf);
830         }
832         if (new.name && !new.commit) {
833                 die("Cannot switch branch to a non-commit.");
834         }
835         if (opts.writeout_stage)
836                 die("--ours/--theirs is incompatible with switching branches.");
838         return switch_branches(&opts, &new);