4 * Copyright (c) 2006 Kristian Høgsberg <krh@redhat.com>
5 * Based on git-branch.sh by Junio C Hamano.
14 #include "parse-options.h"
18 #include "string-list.h"
21 #include "wt-status.h"
22 #include "ref-filter.h"
25 static const char * const builtin_branch_usage[] = {
26 N_("git branch [<options>] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged]"),
27 N_("git branch [<options>] [-l] [-f] <branch-name> [<start-point>]"),
28 N_("git branch [<options>] [-r] (-d | -D) <branch-name>..."),
29 N_("git branch [<options>] (-m | -M) [<old-branch>] <new-branch>"),
30 N_("git branch [<options>] [-r | -a] [--points-at]"),
34 static const char *head;
35 static unsigned char head_sha1[20];
37 static int branch_use_color = -1;
38 static char branch_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {
40 GIT_COLOR_NORMAL, /* PLAIN */
41 GIT_COLOR_RED, /* REMOTE */
42 GIT_COLOR_NORMAL, /* LOCAL */
43 GIT_COLOR_GREEN, /* CURRENT */
44 GIT_COLOR_BLUE, /* UPSTREAM */
47 BRANCH_COLOR_RESET = 0,
48 BRANCH_COLOR_PLAIN = 1,
49 BRANCH_COLOR_REMOTE = 2,
50 BRANCH_COLOR_LOCAL = 3,
51 BRANCH_COLOR_CURRENT = 4,
52 BRANCH_COLOR_UPSTREAM = 5
55 static struct string_list output = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
56 static unsigned int colopts;
58 static int parse_branch_color_slot(const char *slot)
60 if (!strcasecmp(slot, "plain"))
61 return BRANCH_COLOR_PLAIN;
62 if (!strcasecmp(slot, "reset"))
63 return BRANCH_COLOR_RESET;
64 if (!strcasecmp(slot, "remote"))
65 return BRANCH_COLOR_REMOTE;
66 if (!strcasecmp(slot, "local"))
67 return BRANCH_COLOR_LOCAL;
68 if (!strcasecmp(slot, "current"))
69 return BRANCH_COLOR_CURRENT;
70 if (!strcasecmp(slot, "upstream"))
71 return BRANCH_COLOR_UPSTREAM;
75 static int git_branch_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
77 const char *slot_name;
79 if (starts_with(var, "column."))
80 return git_column_config(var, value, "branch", &colopts);
81 if (!strcmp(var, "color.branch")) {
82 branch_use_color = git_config_colorbool(var, value);
85 if (skip_prefix(var, "color.branch.", &slot_name)) {
86 int slot = parse_branch_color_slot(slot_name);
90 return config_error_nonbool(var);
91 return color_parse(value, branch_colors[slot]);
93 return git_color_default_config(var, value, cb);
96 static const char *branch_get_color(enum color_branch ix)
98 if (want_color(branch_use_color))
99 return branch_colors[ix];
103 static int branch_merged(int kind, const char *name,
104 struct commit *rev, struct commit *head_rev)
107 * This checks whether the merge bases of branch and HEAD (or
108 * the other branch this branch builds upon) contains the
109 * branch, which means that the branch has already been merged
110 * safely to HEAD (or the other branch).
112 struct commit *reference_rev = NULL;
113 const char *reference_name = NULL;
114 void *reference_name_to_free = NULL;
117 if (kind == FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES) {
118 struct branch *branch = branch_get(name);
119 const char *upstream = branch_get_upstream(branch, NULL);
120 unsigned char sha1[20];
123 (reference_name = reference_name_to_free =
124 resolve_refdup(upstream, RESOLVE_REF_READING,
125 sha1, NULL)) != NULL)
126 reference_rev = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
129 reference_rev = head_rev;
131 merged = in_merge_bases(rev, reference_rev);
134 * After the safety valve is fully redefined to "check with
135 * upstream, if any, otherwise with HEAD", we should just
136 * return the result of the in_merge_bases() above without
137 * any of the following code, but during the transition period,
138 * a gentle reminder is in order.
140 if ((head_rev != reference_rev) &&
141 in_merge_bases(rev, head_rev) != merged) {
143 warning(_("deleting branch '%s' that has been merged to\n"
144 " '%s', but not yet merged to HEAD."),
145 name, reference_name);
147 warning(_("not deleting branch '%s' that is not yet merged to\n"
148 " '%s', even though it is merged to HEAD."),
149 name, reference_name);
151 free(reference_name_to_free);
155 static int check_branch_commit(const char *branchname, const char *refname,
156 const unsigned char *sha1, struct commit *head_rev,
157 int kinds, int force)
159 struct commit *rev = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
161 error(_("Couldn't look up commit object for '%s'"), refname);
164 if (!force && !branch_merged(kinds, branchname, rev, head_rev)) {
165 error(_("The branch '%s' is not fully merged.\n"
166 "If you are sure you want to delete it, "
167 "run 'git branch -D %s'."), branchname, branchname);
173 static void delete_branch_config(const char *branchname)
175 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
176 strbuf_addf(&buf, "branch.%s", branchname);
177 if (git_config_rename_section(buf.buf, NULL) < 0)
178 warning(_("Update of config-file failed"));
179 strbuf_release(&buf);
182 static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds,
185 struct commit *head_rev = NULL;
186 unsigned char sha1[20];
191 int remote_branch = 0;
192 struct strbuf bname = STRBUF_INIT;
195 case FILTER_REFS_REMOTES:
196 fmt = "refs/remotes/%s";
197 /* For subsequent UI messages */
202 case FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES:
203 fmt = "refs/heads/%s";
206 die(_("cannot use -a with -d"));
210 head_rev = lookup_commit_reference(head_sha1);
212 die(_("Couldn't look up commit object for HEAD"));
214 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++, strbuf_release(&bname)) {
218 strbuf_branchname(&bname, argv[i]);
220 name = mkpathdup(fmt, bname.buf);
222 if (kinds == FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES) {
223 char *worktree = find_shared_symref("HEAD", name);
225 error(_("Cannot delete branch '%s' "
226 "checked out at '%s'"),
227 bname.buf, worktree);
234 target = resolve_ref_unsafe(name,
236 | RESOLVE_REF_NO_RECURSE
237 | RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_NAME,
241 ? _("remote-tracking branch '%s' not found.")
242 : _("branch '%s' not found."), bname.buf);
247 if (!(flags & (REF_ISSYMREF|REF_ISBROKEN)) &&
248 check_branch_commit(bname.buf, name, sha1, head_rev, kinds,
254 if (delete_ref(name, is_null_sha1(sha1) ? NULL : sha1,
257 ? _("Error deleting remote-tracking branch '%s'")
258 : _("Error deleting branch '%s'"),
265 ? _("Deleted remote-tracking branch %s (was %s).\n")
266 : _("Deleted branch %s (was %s).\n"),
268 (flags & REF_ISBROKEN) ? "broken"
269 : (flags & REF_ISSYMREF) ? target
270 : find_unique_abbrev(sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
272 delete_branch_config(bname.buf);
280 static void fill_tracking_info(struct strbuf *stat, const char *branch_name,
281 int show_upstream_ref)
285 struct branch *branch = branch_get(branch_name);
286 const char *upstream;
287 struct strbuf fancy = STRBUF_INIT;
288 int upstream_is_gone = 0;
289 int added_decoration = 1;
291 if (stat_tracking_info(branch, &ours, &theirs, &upstream) < 0) {
294 upstream_is_gone = 1;
297 if (show_upstream_ref) {
298 ref = shorten_unambiguous_ref(upstream, 0);
299 if (want_color(branch_use_color))
300 strbuf_addf(&fancy, "%s%s%s",
301 branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_UPSTREAM),
302 ref, branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET));
304 strbuf_addstr(&fancy, ref);
307 if (upstream_is_gone) {
308 if (show_upstream_ref)
309 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s: gone]"), fancy.buf);
311 added_decoration = 0;
312 } else if (!ours && !theirs) {
313 if (show_upstream_ref)
314 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s]"), fancy.buf);
316 added_decoration = 0;
318 if (show_upstream_ref)
319 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s: behind %d]"), fancy.buf, theirs);
321 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[behind %d]"), theirs);
323 } else if (!theirs) {
324 if (show_upstream_ref)
325 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s: ahead %d]"), fancy.buf, ours);
327 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[ahead %d]"), ours);
329 if (show_upstream_ref)
330 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s: ahead %d, behind %d]"),
331 fancy.buf, ours, theirs);
333 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[ahead %d, behind %d]"),
336 strbuf_release(&fancy);
337 if (added_decoration)
338 strbuf_addch(stat, ' ');
342 static void add_verbose_info(struct strbuf *out, struct ref_array_item *item,
343 struct ref_filter *filter, const char *refname)
345 struct strbuf subject = STRBUF_INIT, stat = STRBUF_INIT;
346 const char *sub = _(" **** invalid ref ****");
347 struct commit *commit = item->commit;
349 if (!parse_commit(commit)) {
350 pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &subject);
354 if (item->kind == FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES)
355 fill_tracking_info(&stat, refname, filter->verbose > 1);
357 strbuf_addf(out, " %s %s%s",
358 find_unique_abbrev(item->commit->object.oid.hash, filter->abbrev),
360 strbuf_release(&stat);
361 strbuf_release(&subject);
364 static char *get_head_description(void)
366 struct strbuf desc = STRBUF_INIT;
367 struct wt_status_state state;
368 memset(&state, 0, sizeof(state));
369 wt_status_get_state(&state, 1);
370 if (state.rebase_in_progress ||
371 state.rebase_interactive_in_progress)
372 strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(no branch, rebasing %s)"),
374 else if (state.bisect_in_progress)
375 strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(no branch, bisect started on %s)"),
377 else if (state.detached_from) {
378 /* TRANSLATORS: make sure these match _("HEAD detached at ")
379 and _("HEAD detached from ") in wt-status.c */
380 if (state.detached_at)
381 strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(HEAD detached at %s)"),
382 state.detached_from);
384 strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(HEAD detached from %s)"),
385 state.detached_from);
388 strbuf_addstr(&desc, _("(no branch)"));
391 free(state.detached_from);
392 return strbuf_detach(&desc, NULL);
395 static void format_and_print_ref_item(struct ref_array_item *item, int maxwidth,
396 struct ref_filter *filter, const char *remote_prefix)
401 struct strbuf out = STRBUF_INIT, name = STRBUF_INIT;
402 const char *prefix = "";
403 const char *desc = item->refname;
404 char *to_free = NULL;
406 switch (item->kind) {
407 case FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES:
408 skip_prefix(desc, "refs/heads/", &desc);
409 if (!filter->detached && !strcmp(desc, head))
412 color = BRANCH_COLOR_LOCAL;
414 case FILTER_REFS_REMOTES:
415 skip_prefix(desc, "refs/remotes/", &desc);
416 color = BRANCH_COLOR_REMOTE;
417 prefix = remote_prefix;
419 case FILTER_REFS_DETACHED_HEAD:
420 desc = to_free = get_head_description();
424 color = BRANCH_COLOR_PLAIN;
431 color = BRANCH_COLOR_CURRENT;
434 strbuf_addf(&name, "%s%s", prefix, desc);
435 if (filter->verbose) {
436 int utf8_compensation = strlen(name.buf) - utf8_strwidth(name.buf);
437 strbuf_addf(&out, "%c %s%-*s%s", c, branch_get_color(color),
438 maxwidth + utf8_compensation, name.buf,
439 branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET));
441 strbuf_addf(&out, "%c %s%s%s", c, branch_get_color(color),
442 name.buf, branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET));
445 skip_prefix(item->symref, "refs/remotes/", &desc);
446 strbuf_addf(&out, " -> %s", desc);
448 else if (filter->verbose)
449 /* " f7c0c00 [ahead 58, behind 197] vcs-svn: drop obj_pool.h" */
450 add_verbose_info(&out, item, filter, desc);
451 if (column_active(colopts)) {
452 assert(!filter->verbose && "--column and --verbose are incompatible");
453 string_list_append(&output, out.buf);
455 printf("%s\n", out.buf);
457 strbuf_release(&name);
458 strbuf_release(&out);
462 static int calc_maxwidth(struct ref_array *refs, int remote_bonus)
465 for (i = 0; i < refs->nr; i++) {
466 struct ref_array_item *it = refs->items[i];
467 const char *desc = it->refname;
470 skip_prefix(it->refname, "refs/heads/", &desc);
471 skip_prefix(it->refname, "refs/remotes/", &desc);
472 w = utf8_strwidth(desc);
474 if (it->kind == FILTER_REFS_REMOTES)
482 static void print_ref_list(struct ref_filter *filter, struct ref_sorting *sorting)
485 struct ref_array array;
487 const char *remote_prefix = "";
490 * If we are listing more than just remote branches,
491 * then remote branches will have a "remotes/" prefix.
492 * We need to account for this in the width.
494 if (filter->kind != FILTER_REFS_REMOTES)
495 remote_prefix = "remotes/";
497 memset(&array, 0, sizeof(array));
499 verify_ref_format("%(refname)%(symref)");
500 filter_refs(&array, filter, filter->kind | FILTER_REFS_INCLUDE_BROKEN);
503 maxwidth = calc_maxwidth(&array, strlen(remote_prefix));
506 * If no sorting parameter is given then we default to sorting
507 * by 'refname'. This would give us an alphabetically sorted
508 * array with the 'HEAD' ref at the beginning followed by
509 * local branches 'refs/heads/...' and finally remote-tacking
510 * branches 'refs/remotes/...'.
513 sorting = ref_default_sorting();
514 ref_array_sort(sorting, &array);
516 for (i = 0; i < array.nr; i++)
517 format_and_print_ref_item(array.items[i], maxwidth, filter, remote_prefix);
519 ref_array_clear(&array);
522 static void rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int force)
524 struct strbuf oldref = STRBUF_INIT, newref = STRBUF_INIT, logmsg = STRBUF_INIT;
525 struct strbuf oldsection = STRBUF_INIT, newsection = STRBUF_INIT;
530 die(_("cannot rename the current branch while not on any."));
532 if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&oldref, oldname)) {
534 * Bad name --- this could be an attempt to rename a
535 * ref that we used to allow to be created by accident.
537 if (ref_exists(oldref.buf))
540 die(_("Invalid branch name: '%s'"), oldname);
544 * A command like "git branch -M currentbranch currentbranch" cannot
545 * cause the worktree to become inconsistent with HEAD, so allow it.
547 clobber_head_ok = !strcmp(oldname, newname);
549 validate_new_branchname(newname, &newref, force, clobber_head_ok);
551 strbuf_addf(&logmsg, "Branch: renamed %s to %s",
552 oldref.buf, newref.buf);
554 if (rename_ref(oldref.buf, newref.buf, logmsg.buf))
555 die(_("Branch rename failed"));
556 strbuf_release(&logmsg);
559 warning(_("Renamed a misnamed branch '%s' away"), oldref.buf + 11);
561 if (replace_each_worktree_head_symref(oldref.buf, newref.buf))
562 die(_("Branch renamed to %s, but HEAD is not updated!"), newname);
564 strbuf_addf(&oldsection, "branch.%s", oldref.buf + 11);
565 strbuf_release(&oldref);
566 strbuf_addf(&newsection, "branch.%s", newref.buf + 11);
567 strbuf_release(&newref);
568 if (git_config_rename_section(oldsection.buf, newsection.buf) < 0)
569 die(_("Branch is renamed, but update of config-file failed"));
570 strbuf_release(&oldsection);
571 strbuf_release(&newsection);
574 static const char edit_description[] = "BRANCH_DESCRIPTION";
576 static int edit_branch_description(const char *branch_name)
578 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
579 struct strbuf name = STRBUF_INIT;
581 read_branch_desc(&buf, branch_name);
582 if (!buf.len || buf.buf[buf.len-1] != '\n')
583 strbuf_addch(&buf, '\n');
584 strbuf_commented_addf(&buf,
585 "Please edit the description for the branch\n"
587 "Lines starting with '%c' will be stripped.\n",
588 branch_name, comment_line_char);
589 if (write_file_gently(git_path(edit_description), "%s", buf.buf)) {
590 strbuf_release(&buf);
591 return error(_("could not write branch description template: %s"),
595 if (launch_editor(git_path(edit_description), &buf, NULL)) {
596 strbuf_release(&buf);
599 strbuf_stripspace(&buf, 1);
601 strbuf_addf(&name, "branch.%s.description", branch_name);
602 git_config_set(name.buf, buf.len ? buf.buf : NULL);
603 strbuf_release(&name);
604 strbuf_release(&buf);
609 int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
611 int delete = 0, rename = 0, force = 0, list = 0;
612 int reflog = 0, edit_description = 0;
613 int quiet = 0, unset_upstream = 0;
614 const char *new_upstream = NULL;
615 enum branch_track track;
616 struct ref_filter filter;
617 static struct ref_sorting *sorting = NULL, **sorting_tail = &sorting;
619 struct option options[] = {
620 OPT_GROUP(N_("Generic options")),
621 OPT__VERBOSE(&filter.verbose,
622 N_("show hash and subject, give twice for upstream branch")),
623 OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("suppress informational messages")),
624 OPT_SET_INT('t', "track", &track, N_("set up tracking mode (see git-pull(1))"),
625 BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT),
626 OPT_SET_INT( 0, "set-upstream", &track, N_("change upstream info"),
627 BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE),
628 OPT_STRING('u', "set-upstream-to", &new_upstream, "upstream", "change the upstream info"),
629 OPT_BOOL(0, "unset-upstream", &unset_upstream, "Unset the upstream info"),
630 OPT__COLOR(&branch_use_color, N_("use colored output")),
631 OPT_SET_INT('r', "remotes", &filter.kind, N_("act on remote-tracking branches"),
632 FILTER_REFS_REMOTES),
633 OPT_CONTAINS(&filter.with_commit, N_("print only branches that contain the commit")),
634 OPT_WITH(&filter.with_commit, N_("print only branches that contain the commit")),
635 OPT__ABBREV(&filter.abbrev),
637 OPT_GROUP(N_("Specific git-branch actions:")),
638 OPT_SET_INT('a', "all", &filter.kind, N_("list both remote-tracking and local branches"),
639 FILTER_REFS_REMOTES | FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES),
640 OPT_BIT('d', "delete", &delete, N_("delete fully merged branch"), 1),
641 OPT_BIT('D', NULL, &delete, N_("delete branch (even if not merged)"), 2),
642 OPT_BIT('m', "move", &rename, N_("move/rename a branch and its reflog"), 1),
643 OPT_BIT('M', NULL, &rename, N_("move/rename a branch, even if target exists"), 2),
644 OPT_BOOL(0, "list", &list, N_("list branch names")),
645 OPT_BOOL('l', "create-reflog", &reflog, N_("create the branch's reflog")),
646 OPT_BOOL(0, "edit-description", &edit_description,
647 N_("edit the description for the branch")),
648 OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("force creation, move/rename, deletion")),
649 OPT_MERGED(&filter, N_("print only branches that are merged")),
650 OPT_NO_MERGED(&filter, N_("print only branches that are not merged")),
651 OPT_COLUMN(0, "column", &colopts, N_("list branches in columns")),
652 OPT_CALLBACK(0 , "sort", sorting_tail, N_("key"),
653 N_("field name to sort on"), &parse_opt_ref_sorting),
655 OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "points-at", &filter.points_at, N_("object"),
656 N_("print only branches of the object"), 0, parse_opt_object_name
661 memset(&filter, 0, sizeof(filter));
662 filter.kind = FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES;
665 if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
666 usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);
668 git_config(git_branch_config, NULL);
670 track = git_branch_track;
672 head = resolve_refdup("HEAD", 0, head_sha1, NULL);
674 die(_("Failed to resolve HEAD as a valid ref."));
675 if (!strcmp(head, "HEAD"))
677 else if (!skip_prefix(head, "refs/heads/", &head))
678 die(_("HEAD not found below refs/heads!"));
680 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, builtin_branch_usage,
683 if (!delete && !rename && !edit_description && !new_upstream && !unset_upstream && argc == 0)
686 if (filter.with_commit || filter.merge != REF_FILTER_MERGED_NONE || filter.points_at.nr)
689 if (!!delete + !!rename + !!new_upstream +
690 list + unset_upstream > 1)
691 usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);
693 if (filter.abbrev == -1)
694 filter.abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
695 finalize_colopts(&colopts, -1);
696 if (filter.verbose) {
697 if (explicitly_enable_column(colopts))
698 die(_("--column and --verbose are incompatible"));
709 die(_("branch name required"));
710 return delete_branches(argc, argv, delete > 1, filter.kind, quiet);
712 /* git branch --local also shows HEAD when it is detached */
713 if ((filter.kind & FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES) && filter.detached)
714 filter.kind |= FILTER_REFS_DETACHED_HEAD;
715 filter.name_patterns = argv;
716 print_ref_list(&filter, sorting);
717 print_columns(&output, colopts, NULL);
718 string_list_clear(&output, 0);
721 else if (edit_description) {
722 const char *branch_name;
723 struct strbuf branch_ref = STRBUF_INIT;
727 die(_("Cannot give description to detached HEAD"));
729 } else if (argc == 1)
730 branch_name = argv[0];
732 die(_("cannot edit description of more than one branch"));
734 strbuf_addf(&branch_ref, "refs/heads/%s", branch_name);
735 if (!ref_exists(branch_ref.buf)) {
736 strbuf_release(&branch_ref);
739 return error(_("No commit on branch '%s' yet."),
742 return error(_("No branch named '%s'."),
745 strbuf_release(&branch_ref);
747 if (edit_branch_description(branch_name))
751 die(_("branch name required"));
753 rename_branch(head, argv[0], rename > 1);
755 rename_branch(argv[0], argv[1], rename > 1);
757 die(_("too many branches for a rename operation"));
758 } else if (new_upstream) {
759 struct branch *branch = branch_get(argv[0]);
762 die(_("too many branches to set new upstream"));
765 if (!argc || !strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD"))
766 die(_("could not set upstream of HEAD to %s when "
767 "it does not point to any branch."),
769 die(_("no such branch '%s'"), argv[0]);
772 if (!ref_exists(branch->refname))
773 die(_("branch '%s' does not exist"), branch->name);
776 * create_branch takes care of setting up the tracking
777 * info and making sure new_upstream is correct
779 create_branch(head, branch->name, new_upstream, 0, 0, 0, quiet, BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE);
780 } else if (unset_upstream) {
781 struct branch *branch = branch_get(argv[0]);
782 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
785 die(_("too many branches to unset upstream"));
788 if (!argc || !strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD"))
789 die(_("could not unset upstream of HEAD when "
790 "it does not point to any branch."));
791 die(_("no such branch '%s'"), argv[0]);
794 if (!branch_has_merge_config(branch))
795 die(_("Branch '%s' has no upstream information"), branch->name);
797 strbuf_addf(&buf, "branch.%s.remote", branch->name);
798 git_config_set_multivar(buf.buf, NULL, NULL, 1);
800 strbuf_addf(&buf, "branch.%s.merge", branch->name);
801 git_config_set_multivar(buf.buf, NULL, NULL, 1);
802 strbuf_release(&buf);
803 } else if (argc > 0 && argc <= 2) {
804 struct branch *branch = branch_get(argv[0]);
805 int branch_existed = 0, remote_tracking = 0;
806 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
808 if (!strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD"))
809 die(_("it does not make sense to create 'HEAD' manually"));
812 die(_("no such branch '%s'"), argv[0]);
814 if (filter.kind != FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES)
815 die(_("-a and -r options to 'git branch' do not make sense with a branch name"));
817 if (track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE)
818 fprintf(stderr, _("The --set-upstream flag is deprecated and will be removed. Consider using --track or --set-upstream-to\n"));
820 strbuf_addf(&buf, "refs/remotes/%s", branch->name);
821 remote_tracking = ref_exists(buf.buf);
822 strbuf_release(&buf);
824 branch_existed = ref_exists(branch->refname);
825 create_branch(head, argv[0], (argc == 2) ? argv[1] : head,
826 force, reflog, 0, quiet, track);
829 * We only show the instructions if the user gave us
830 * one branch which doesn't exist locally, but is the
831 * name of a remote-tracking branch.
833 if (argc == 1 && track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE &&
834 !branch_existed && remote_tracking) {
835 fprintf(stderr, _("\nIf you wanted to make '%s' track '%s', do this:\n\n"), head, branch->name);
836 fprintf(stderr, _(" git branch -d %s\n"), branch->name);
837 fprintf(stderr, _(" git branch --set-upstream-to %s\n"), branch->name);
841 usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);