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[git] / builtin / checkout.c
1 #include "builtin.h"
2 #include "config.h"
3 #include "checkout.h"
4 #include "lockfile.h"
5 #include "parse-options.h"
6 #include "refs.h"
7 #include "object-store.h"
8 #include "commit.h"
9 #include "tree.h"
10 #include "tree-walk.h"
11 #include "cache-tree.h"
12 #include "unpack-trees.h"
13 #include "dir.h"
14 #include "run-command.h"
15 #include "merge-recursive.h"
16 #include "branch.h"
17 #include "diff.h"
18 #include "revision.h"
19 #include "remote.h"
20 #include "blob.h"
21 #include "xdiff-interface.h"
22 #include "ll-merge.h"
23 #include "resolve-undo.h"
24 #include "submodule-config.h"
25 #include "submodule.h"
26 #include "advice.h"
27
28 static int checkout_optimize_new_branch;
29
30 static const char * const checkout_usage[] = {
31         N_("git checkout [<options>] <branch>"),
32         N_("git checkout [<options>] [<branch>] -- <file>..."),
33         NULL,
34 };
35
36 struct checkout_opts {
37         int patch_mode;
38         int quiet;
39         int merge;
40         int force;
41         int force_detach;
42         int writeout_stage;
43         int overwrite_ignore;
44         int ignore_skipworktree;
45         int ignore_other_worktrees;
46         int show_progress;
47         /*
48          * If new checkout options are added, skip_merge_working_tree
49          * should be updated accordingly.
50          */
51
52         const char *new_branch;
53         const char *new_branch_force;
54         const char *new_orphan_branch;
55         int new_branch_log;
56         enum branch_track track;
57         struct diff_options diff_options;
58
59         int branch_exists;
60         const char *prefix;
61         struct pathspec pathspec;
62         struct tree *source_tree;
63 };
64
65 static int post_checkout_hook(struct commit *old_commit, struct commit *new_commit,
66                               int changed)
67 {
68         return run_hook_le(NULL, "post-checkout",
69                            oid_to_hex(old_commit ? &old_commit->object.oid : &null_oid),
70                            oid_to_hex(new_commit ? &new_commit->object.oid : &null_oid),
71                            changed ? "1" : "0", NULL);
72         /* "new_commit" can be NULL when checking out from the index before
73            a commit exists. */
74
75 }
76
77 static int update_some(const struct object_id *oid, struct strbuf *base,
78                 const char *pathname, unsigned mode, int stage, void *context)
79 {
80         int len;
81         struct cache_entry *ce;
82         int pos;
83
84         if (S_ISDIR(mode))
85                 return READ_TREE_RECURSIVE;
86
87         len = base->len + strlen(pathname);
88         ce = make_empty_cache_entry(&the_index, len);
89         oidcpy(&ce->oid, oid);
90         memcpy(ce->name, base->buf, base->len);
91         memcpy(ce->name + base->len, pathname, len - base->len);
92         ce->ce_flags = create_ce_flags(0) | CE_UPDATE;
93         ce->ce_namelen = len;
94         ce->ce_mode = create_ce_mode(mode);
95
96         /*
97          * If the entry is the same as the current index, we can leave the old
98          * entry in place. Whether it is UPTODATE or not, checkout_entry will
99          * do the right thing.
100          */
101         pos = cache_name_pos(ce->name, ce->ce_namelen);
102         if (pos >= 0) {
103                 struct cache_entry *old = active_cache[pos];
104                 if (ce->ce_mode == old->ce_mode &&
105                     oideq(&ce->oid, &old->oid)) {
106                         old->ce_flags |= CE_UPDATE;
107                         discard_cache_entry(ce);
108                         return 0;
109                 }
110         }
111
112         add_cache_entry(ce, ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_ADD | ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_REPLACE);
113         return 0;
114 }
115
116 static int read_tree_some(struct tree *tree, const struct pathspec *pathspec)
117 {
118         read_tree_recursive(tree, "", 0, 0, pathspec, update_some, NULL);
119
120         /* update the index with the given tree's info
121          * for all args, expanding wildcards, and exit
122          * with any non-zero return code.
123          */
124         return 0;
125 }
126
127 static int skip_same_name(const struct cache_entry *ce, int pos)
128 {
129         while (++pos < active_nr &&
130                !strcmp(active_cache[pos]->name, ce->name))
131                 ; /* skip */
132         return pos;
133 }
134
135 static int check_stage(int stage, const struct cache_entry *ce, int pos)
136 {
137         while (pos < active_nr &&
138                !strcmp(active_cache[pos]->name, ce->name)) {
139                 if (ce_stage(active_cache[pos]) == stage)
140                         return 0;
141                 pos++;
142         }
143         if (stage == 2)
144                 return error(_("path '%s' does not have our version"), ce->name);
145         else
146                 return error(_("path '%s' does not have their version"), ce->name);
147 }
148
149 static int check_stages(unsigned stages, const struct cache_entry *ce, int pos)
150 {
151         unsigned seen = 0;
152         const char *name = ce->name;
153
154         while (pos < active_nr) {
155                 ce = active_cache[pos];
156                 if (strcmp(name, ce->name))
157                         break;
158                 seen |= (1 << ce_stage(ce));
159                 pos++;
160         }
161         if ((stages & seen) != stages)
162                 return error(_("path '%s' does not have all necessary versions"),
163                              name);
164         return 0;
165 }
166
167 static int checkout_stage(int stage, const struct cache_entry *ce, int pos,
168                           const struct checkout *state)
169 {
170         while (pos < active_nr &&
171                !strcmp(active_cache[pos]->name, ce->name)) {
172                 if (ce_stage(active_cache[pos]) == stage)
173                         return checkout_entry(active_cache[pos], state, NULL);
174                 pos++;
175         }
176         if (stage == 2)
177                 return error(_("path '%s' does not have our version"), ce->name);
178         else
179                 return error(_("path '%s' does not have their version"), ce->name);
180 }
181
182 static int checkout_merged(int pos, const struct checkout *state)
183 {
184         struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
185         const char *path = ce->name;
186         mmfile_t ancestor, ours, theirs;
187         int status;
188         struct object_id oid;
189         mmbuffer_t result_buf;
190         struct object_id threeway[3];
191         unsigned mode = 0;
192
193         memset(threeway, 0, sizeof(threeway));
194         while (pos < active_nr) {
195                 int stage;
196                 stage = ce_stage(ce);
197                 if (!stage || strcmp(path, ce->name))
198                         break;
199                 oidcpy(&threeway[stage - 1], &ce->oid);
200                 if (stage == 2)
201                         mode = create_ce_mode(ce->ce_mode);
202                 pos++;
203                 ce = active_cache[pos];
204         }
205         if (is_null_oid(&threeway[1]) || is_null_oid(&threeway[2]))
206                 return error(_("path '%s' does not have necessary versions"), path);
207
208         read_mmblob(&ancestor, &threeway[0]);
209         read_mmblob(&ours, &threeway[1]);
210         read_mmblob(&theirs, &threeway[2]);
211
212         /*
213          * NEEDSWORK: re-create conflicts from merges with
214          * merge.renormalize set, too
215          */
216         status = ll_merge(&result_buf, path, &ancestor, "base",
217                           &ours, "ours", &theirs, "theirs", NULL);
218         free(ancestor.ptr);
219         free(ours.ptr);
220         free(theirs.ptr);
221         if (status < 0 || !result_buf.ptr) {
222                 free(result_buf.ptr);
223                 return error(_("path '%s': cannot merge"), path);
224         }
225
226         /*
227          * NEEDSWORK:
228          * There is absolutely no reason to write this as a blob object
229          * and create a phony cache entry.  This hack is primarily to get
230          * to the write_entry() machinery that massages the contents to
231          * work-tree format and writes out which only allows it for a
232          * cache entry.  The code in write_entry() needs to be refactored
233          * to allow us to feed a <buffer, size, mode> instead of a cache
234          * entry.  Such a refactoring would help merge_recursive as well
235          * (it also writes the merge result to the object database even
236          * when it may contain conflicts).
237          */
238         if (write_object_file(result_buf.ptr, result_buf.size, blob_type, &oid))
239                 die(_("Unable to add merge result for '%s'"), path);
240         free(result_buf.ptr);
241         ce = make_transient_cache_entry(mode, &oid, path, 2);
242         if (!ce)
243                 die(_("make_cache_entry failed for path '%s'"), path);
244         status = checkout_entry(ce, state, NULL);
245         discard_cache_entry(ce);
246         return status;
247 }
248
249 static int checkout_paths(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
250                           const char *revision)
251 {
252         int pos;
253         struct checkout state = CHECKOUT_INIT;
254         static char *ps_matched;
255         struct object_id rev;
256         struct commit *head;
257         int errs = 0;
258         struct lock_file lock_file = LOCK_INIT;
259
260         if (opts->track != BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
261                 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with updating paths"), "--track");
262
263         if (opts->new_branch_log)
264                 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with updating paths"), "-l");
265
266         if (opts->force && opts->patch_mode)
267                 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with updating paths"), "-f");
268
269         if (opts->force_detach)
270                 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with updating paths"), "--detach");
271
272         if (opts->merge && opts->patch_mode)
273                 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with %s"), "--merge", "--patch");
274
275         if (opts->force && opts->merge)
276                 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with %s"), "-f", "-m");
277
278         if (opts->new_branch)
279                 die(_("Cannot update paths and switch to branch '%s' at the same time."),
280                     opts->new_branch);
281
282         if (opts->patch_mode)
283                 return run_add_interactive(revision, "--patch=checkout",
284                                            &opts->pathspec);
285
286         hold_locked_index(&lock_file, LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
287         if (read_cache_preload(&opts->pathspec) < 0)
288                 return error(_("index file corrupt"));
289
290         if (opts->source_tree)
291                 read_tree_some(opts->source_tree, &opts->pathspec);
292
293         ps_matched = xcalloc(opts->pathspec.nr, 1);
294
295         /*
296          * Make sure all pathspecs participated in locating the paths
297          * to be checked out.
298          */
299         for (pos = 0; pos < active_nr; pos++) {
300                 struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
301                 ce->ce_flags &= ~CE_MATCHED;
302                 if (!opts->ignore_skipworktree && ce_skip_worktree(ce))
303                         continue;
304                 if (opts->source_tree && !(ce->ce_flags & CE_UPDATE))
305                         /*
306                          * "git checkout tree-ish -- path", but this entry
307                          * is in the original index; it will not be checked
308                          * out to the working tree and it does not matter
309                          * if pathspec matched this entry.  We will not do
310                          * anything to this entry at all.
311                          */
312                         continue;
313                 /*
314                  * Either this entry came from the tree-ish we are
315                  * checking the paths out of, or we are checking out
316                  * of the index.
317                  *
318                  * If it comes from the tree-ish, we already know it
319                  * matches the pathspec and could just stamp
320                  * CE_MATCHED to it from update_some(). But we still
321                  * need ps_matched and read_tree_recursive (and
322                  * eventually tree_entry_interesting) cannot fill
323                  * ps_matched yet. Once it can, we can avoid calling
324                  * match_pathspec() for _all_ entries when
325                  * opts->source_tree != NULL.
326                  */
327                 if (ce_path_match(&the_index, ce, &opts->pathspec, ps_matched))
328                         ce->ce_flags |= CE_MATCHED;
329         }
330
331         if (report_path_error(ps_matched, &opts->pathspec, opts->prefix)) {
332                 free(ps_matched);
333                 return 1;
334         }
335         free(ps_matched);
336
337         /* "checkout -m path" to recreate conflicted state */
338         if (opts->merge)
339                 unmerge_marked_index(&the_index);
340
341         /* Any unmerged paths? */
342         for (pos = 0; pos < active_nr; pos++) {
343                 const struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
344                 if (ce->ce_flags & CE_MATCHED) {
345                         if (!ce_stage(ce))
346                                 continue;
347                         if (opts->force) {
348                                 warning(_("path '%s' is unmerged"), ce->name);
349                         } else if (opts->writeout_stage) {
350                                 errs |= check_stage(opts->writeout_stage, ce, pos);
351                         } else if (opts->merge) {
352                                 errs |= check_stages((1<<2) | (1<<3), ce, pos);
353                         } else {
354                                 errs = 1;
355                                 error(_("path '%s' is unmerged"), ce->name);
356                         }
357                         pos = skip_same_name(ce, pos) - 1;
358                 }
359         }
360         if (errs)
361                 return 1;
362
363         /* Now we are committed to check them out */
364         state.force = 1;
365         state.refresh_cache = 1;
366         state.istate = &the_index;
367
368         enable_delayed_checkout(&state);
369         for (pos = 0; pos < active_nr; pos++) {
370                 struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
371                 if (ce->ce_flags & CE_MATCHED) {
372                         if (!ce_stage(ce)) {
373                                 errs |= checkout_entry(ce, &state, NULL);
374                                 continue;
375                         }
376                         if (opts->writeout_stage)
377                                 errs |= checkout_stage(opts->writeout_stage, ce, pos, &state);
378                         else if (opts->merge)
379                                 errs |= checkout_merged(pos, &state);
380                         pos = skip_same_name(ce, pos) - 1;
381                 }
382         }
383         errs |= finish_delayed_checkout(&state);
384
385         if (write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock_file, COMMIT_LOCK))
386                 die(_("unable to write new index file"));
387
388         read_ref_full("HEAD", 0, &rev, NULL);
389         head = lookup_commit_reference_gently(the_repository, &rev, 1);
390
391         errs |= post_checkout_hook(head, head, 0);
392         return errs;
393 }
394
395 static void show_local_changes(struct object *head,
396                                const struct diff_options *opts)
397 {
398         struct rev_info rev;
399         /* I think we want full paths, even if we're in a subdirectory. */
400         init_revisions(&rev, NULL);
401         rev.diffopt.flags = opts->flags;
402         rev.diffopt.output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_NAME_STATUS;
403         diff_setup_done(&rev.diffopt);
404         add_pending_object(&rev, head, NULL);
405         run_diff_index(&rev, 0);
406 }
407
408 static void describe_detached_head(const char *msg, struct commit *commit)
409 {
410         struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
411
412         if (!parse_commit(commit))
413                 pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &sb);
414         if (print_sha1_ellipsis()) {
415                 fprintf(stderr, "%s %s... %s\n", msg,
416                         find_unique_abbrev(&commit->object.oid, DEFAULT_ABBREV), sb.buf);
417         } else {
418                 fprintf(stderr, "%s %s %s\n", msg,
419                         find_unique_abbrev(&commit->object.oid, DEFAULT_ABBREV), sb.buf);
420         }
421         strbuf_release(&sb);
422 }
423
424 static int reset_tree(struct tree *tree, const struct checkout_opts *o,
425                       int worktree, int *writeout_error)
426 {
427         struct unpack_trees_options opts;
428         struct tree_desc tree_desc;
429
430         memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
431         opts.head_idx = -1;
432         opts.update = worktree;
433         opts.skip_unmerged = !worktree;
434         opts.reset = 1;
435         opts.merge = 1;
436         opts.fn = oneway_merge;
437         opts.verbose_update = o->show_progress;
438         opts.src_index = &the_index;
439         opts.dst_index = &the_index;
440         parse_tree(tree);
441         init_tree_desc(&tree_desc, tree->buffer, tree->size);
442         switch (unpack_trees(1, &tree_desc, &opts)) {
443         case -2:
444                 *writeout_error = 1;
445                 /*
446                  * We return 0 nevertheless, as the index is all right
447                  * and more importantly we have made best efforts to
448                  * update paths in the work tree, and we cannot revert
449                  * them.
450                  */
451                 /* fallthrough */
452         case 0:
453                 return 0;
454         default:
455                 return 128;
456         }
457 }
458
459 struct branch_info {
460         const char *name; /* The short name used */
461         const char *path; /* The full name of a real branch */
462         struct commit *commit; /* The named commit */
463         /*
464          * if not null the branch is detached because it's already
465          * checked out in this checkout
466          */
467         char *checkout;
468 };
469
470 static void setup_branch_path(struct branch_info *branch)
471 {
472         struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
473
474         strbuf_branchname(&buf, branch->name, INTERPRET_BRANCH_LOCAL);
475         if (strcmp(buf.buf, branch->name))
476                 branch->name = xstrdup(buf.buf);
477         strbuf_splice(&buf, 0, 0, "refs/heads/", 11);
478         branch->path = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
479 }
480
481 /*
482  * Skip merging the trees, updating the index and working directory if and
483  * only if we are creating a new branch via "git checkout -b <new_branch>."
484  */
485 static int skip_merge_working_tree(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
486         const struct branch_info *old_branch_info,
487         const struct branch_info *new_branch_info)
488 {
489         /*
490          * Do the merge if sparse checkout is on and the user has not opted in
491          * to the optimized behavior
492          */
493         if (core_apply_sparse_checkout && !checkout_optimize_new_branch)
494                 return 0;
495
496         /*
497          * We must do the merge if we are actually moving to a new commit.
498          */
499         if (!old_branch_info->commit || !new_branch_info->commit ||
500                 !oideq(&old_branch_info->commit->object.oid,
501                        &new_branch_info->commit->object.oid))
502                 return 0;
503
504         /*
505          * opts->patch_mode cannot be used with switching branches so is
506          * not tested here
507          */
508
509         /*
510          * opts->quiet only impacts output so doesn't require a merge
511          */
512
513         /*
514          * Honor the explicit request for a three-way merge or to throw away
515          * local changes
516          */
517         if (opts->merge || opts->force)
518                 return 0;
519
520         /*
521          * --detach is documented as "updating the index and the files in the
522          * working tree" but this optimization skips those steps so fall through
523          * to the regular code path.
524          */
525         if (opts->force_detach)
526                 return 0;
527
528         /*
529          * opts->writeout_stage cannot be used with switching branches so is
530          * not tested here
531          */
532
533         /*
534          * Honor the explicit ignore requests
535          */
536         if (!opts->overwrite_ignore || opts->ignore_skipworktree ||
537                 opts->ignore_other_worktrees)
538                 return 0;
539
540         /*
541          * opts->show_progress only impacts output so doesn't require a merge
542          */
543
544         /*
545          * If we aren't creating a new branch any changes or updates will
546          * happen in the existing branch.  Since that could only be updating
547          * the index and working directory, we don't want to skip those steps
548          * or we've defeated any purpose in running the command.
549          */
550         if (!opts->new_branch)
551                 return 0;
552
553         /*
554          * new_branch_force is defined to "create/reset and checkout a branch"
555          * so needs to go through the merge to do the reset
556          */
557         if (opts->new_branch_force)
558                 return 0;
559
560         /*
561          * A new orphaned branch requrires the index and the working tree to be
562          * adjusted to <start_point>
563          */
564         if (opts->new_orphan_branch)
565                 return 0;
566
567         /*
568          * Remaining variables are not checkout options but used to track state
569          */
570
571         return 1;
572 }
573
574 static int merge_working_tree(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
575                               struct branch_info *old_branch_info,
576                               struct branch_info *new_branch_info,
577                               int *writeout_error)
578 {
579         int ret;
580         struct lock_file lock_file = LOCK_INIT;
581
582         hold_locked_index(&lock_file, LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
583         if (read_cache_preload(NULL) < 0)
584                 return error(_("index file corrupt"));
585
586         resolve_undo_clear();
587         if (opts->force) {
588                 ret = reset_tree(get_commit_tree(new_branch_info->commit),
589                                  opts, 1, writeout_error);
590                 if (ret)
591                         return ret;
592         } else {
593                 struct tree_desc trees[2];
594                 struct tree *tree;
595                 struct unpack_trees_options topts;
596
597                 memset(&topts, 0, sizeof(topts));
598                 topts.head_idx = -1;
599                 topts.src_index = &the_index;
600                 topts.dst_index = &the_index;
601
602                 setup_unpack_trees_porcelain(&topts, "checkout");
603
604                 refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
605
606                 if (unmerged_cache()) {
607                         error(_("you need to resolve your current index first"));
608                         return 1;
609                 }
610
611                 /* 2-way merge to the new branch */
612                 topts.initial_checkout = is_cache_unborn();
613                 topts.update = 1;
614                 topts.merge = 1;
615                 topts.gently = opts->merge && old_branch_info->commit;
616                 topts.verbose_update = opts->show_progress;
617                 topts.fn = twoway_merge;
618                 if (opts->overwrite_ignore) {
619                         topts.dir = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*topts.dir));
620                         topts.dir->flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
621                         setup_standard_excludes(topts.dir);
622                 }
623                 tree = parse_tree_indirect(old_branch_info->commit ?
624                                            &old_branch_info->commit->object.oid :
625                                            the_hash_algo->empty_tree);
626                 init_tree_desc(&trees[0], tree->buffer, tree->size);
627                 tree = parse_tree_indirect(&new_branch_info->commit->object.oid);
628                 init_tree_desc(&trees[1], tree->buffer, tree->size);
629
630                 ret = unpack_trees(2, trees, &topts);
631                 clear_unpack_trees_porcelain(&topts);
632                 if (ret == -1) {
633                         /*
634                          * Unpack couldn't do a trivial merge; either
635                          * give up or do a real merge, depending on
636                          * whether the merge flag was used.
637                          */
638                         struct tree *result;
639                         struct tree *work;
640                         struct merge_options o;
641                         if (!opts->merge)
642                                 return 1;
643
644                         /*
645                          * Without old_branch_info->commit, the below is the same as
646                          * the two-tree unpack we already tried and failed.
647                          */
648                         if (!old_branch_info->commit)
649                                 return 1;
650
651                         /* Do more real merge */
652
653                         /*
654                          * We update the index fully, then write the
655                          * tree from the index, then merge the new
656                          * branch with the current tree, with the old
657                          * branch as the base. Then we reset the index
658                          * (but not the working tree) to the new
659                          * branch, leaving the working tree as the
660                          * merged version, but skipping unmerged
661                          * entries in the index.
662                          */
663
664                         add_files_to_cache(NULL, NULL, 0);
665                         /*
666                          * NEEDSWORK: carrying over local changes
667                          * when branches have different end-of-line
668                          * normalization (or clean+smudge rules) is
669                          * a pain; plumb in an option to set
670                          * o.renormalize?
671                          */
672                         init_merge_options(&o);
673                         o.verbosity = 0;
674                         work = write_tree_from_memory(&o);
675
676                         ret = reset_tree(get_commit_tree(new_branch_info->commit),
677                                          opts, 1,
678                                          writeout_error);
679                         if (ret)
680                                 return ret;
681                         o.ancestor = old_branch_info->name;
682                         o.branch1 = new_branch_info->name;
683                         o.branch2 = "local";
684                         ret = merge_trees(&o,
685                                           get_commit_tree(new_branch_info->commit),
686                                           work,
687                                           get_commit_tree(old_branch_info->commit),
688                                           &result);
689                         if (ret < 0)
690                                 exit(128);
691                         ret = reset_tree(get_commit_tree(new_branch_info->commit),
692                                          opts, 0,
693                                          writeout_error);
694                         strbuf_release(&o.obuf);
695                         if (ret)
696                                 return ret;
697                 }
698         }
699
700         if (!active_cache_tree)
701                 active_cache_tree = cache_tree();
702
703         if (!cache_tree_fully_valid(active_cache_tree))
704                 cache_tree_update(&the_index, WRITE_TREE_SILENT | WRITE_TREE_REPAIR);
705
706         if (write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock_file, COMMIT_LOCK))
707                 die(_("unable to write new index file"));
708
709         if (!opts->force && !opts->quiet)
710                 show_local_changes(&new_branch_info->commit->object, &opts->diff_options);
711
712         return 0;
713 }
714
715 static void report_tracking(struct branch_info *new_branch_info)
716 {
717         struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
718         struct branch *branch = branch_get(new_branch_info->name);
719
720         if (!format_tracking_info(branch, &sb, AHEAD_BEHIND_FULL))
721                 return;
722         fputs(sb.buf, stdout);
723         strbuf_release(&sb);
724 }
725
726 static void update_refs_for_switch(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
727                                    struct branch_info *old_branch_info,
728                                    struct branch_info *new_branch_info)
729 {
730         struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
731         const char *old_desc, *reflog_msg;
732         if (opts->new_branch) {
733                 if (opts->new_orphan_branch) {
734                         char *refname;
735
736                         refname = mkpathdup("refs/heads/%s", opts->new_orphan_branch);
737                         if (opts->new_branch_log &&
738                             !should_autocreate_reflog(refname)) {
739                                 int ret;
740                                 struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
741
742                                 ret = safe_create_reflog(refname, 1, &err);
743                                 if (ret) {
744                                         fprintf(stderr, _("Can not do reflog for '%s': %s\n"),
745                                                 opts->new_orphan_branch, err.buf);
746                                         strbuf_release(&err);
747                                         free(refname);
748                                         return;
749                                 }
750                                 strbuf_release(&err);
751                         }
752                         free(refname);
753                 }
754                 else
755                         create_branch(opts->new_branch, new_branch_info->name,
756                                       opts->new_branch_force ? 1 : 0,
757                                       opts->new_branch_force ? 1 : 0,
758                                       opts->new_branch_log,
759                                       opts->quiet,
760                                       opts->track);
761                 new_branch_info->name = opts->new_branch;
762                 setup_branch_path(new_branch_info);
763         }
764
765         old_desc = old_branch_info->name;
766         if (!old_desc && old_branch_info->commit)
767                 old_desc = oid_to_hex(&old_branch_info->commit->object.oid);
768
769         reflog_msg = getenv("GIT_REFLOG_ACTION");
770         if (!reflog_msg)
771                 strbuf_addf(&msg, "checkout: moving from %s to %s",
772                         old_desc ? old_desc : "(invalid)", new_branch_info->name);
773         else
774                 strbuf_insert(&msg, 0, reflog_msg, strlen(reflog_msg));
775
776         if (!strcmp(new_branch_info->name, "HEAD") && !new_branch_info->path && !opts->force_detach) {
777                 /* Nothing to do. */
778         } else if (opts->force_detach || !new_branch_info->path) {      /* No longer on any branch. */
779                 update_ref(msg.buf, "HEAD", &new_branch_info->commit->object.oid, NULL,
780                            REF_NO_DEREF, UPDATE_REFS_DIE_ON_ERR);
781                 if (!opts->quiet) {
782                         if (old_branch_info->path &&
783                             advice_detached_head && !opts->force_detach)
784                                 detach_advice(new_branch_info->name);
785                         describe_detached_head(_("HEAD is now at"), new_branch_info->commit);
786                 }
787         } else if (new_branch_info->path) {     /* Switch branches. */
788                 if (create_symref("HEAD", new_branch_info->path, msg.buf) < 0)
789                         die(_("unable to update HEAD"));
790                 if (!opts->quiet) {
791                         if (old_branch_info->path && !strcmp(new_branch_info->path, old_branch_info->path)) {
792                                 if (opts->new_branch_force)
793                                         fprintf(stderr, _("Reset branch '%s'\n"),
794                                                 new_branch_info->name);
795                                 else
796                                         fprintf(stderr, _("Already on '%s'\n"),
797                                                 new_branch_info->name);
798                         } else if (opts->new_branch) {
799                                 if (opts->branch_exists)
800                                         fprintf(stderr, _("Switched to and reset branch '%s'\n"), new_branch_info->name);
801                                 else
802                                         fprintf(stderr, _("Switched to a new branch '%s'\n"), new_branch_info->name);
803                         } else {
804                                 fprintf(stderr, _("Switched to branch '%s'\n"),
805                                         new_branch_info->name);
806                         }
807                 }
808                 if (old_branch_info->path && old_branch_info->name) {
809                         if (!ref_exists(old_branch_info->path) && reflog_exists(old_branch_info->path))
810                                 delete_reflog(old_branch_info->path);
811                 }
812         }
813         remove_branch_state();
814         strbuf_release(&msg);
815         if (!opts->quiet &&
816             (new_branch_info->path || (!opts->force_detach && !strcmp(new_branch_info->name, "HEAD"))))
817                 report_tracking(new_branch_info);
818 }
819
820 static int add_pending_uninteresting_ref(const char *refname,
821                                          const struct object_id *oid,
822                                          int flags, void *cb_data)
823 {
824         add_pending_oid(cb_data, refname, oid, UNINTERESTING);
825         return 0;
826 }
827
828 static void describe_one_orphan(struct strbuf *sb, struct commit *commit)
829 {
830         strbuf_addstr(sb, "  ");
831         strbuf_add_unique_abbrev(sb, &commit->object.oid, DEFAULT_ABBREV);
832         strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
833         if (!parse_commit(commit))
834                 pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, sb);
835         strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
836 }
837
838 #define ORPHAN_CUTOFF 4
839 static void suggest_reattach(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *revs)
840 {
841         struct commit *c, *last = NULL;
842         struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
843         int lost = 0;
844         while ((c = get_revision(revs)) != NULL) {
845                 if (lost < ORPHAN_CUTOFF)
846                         describe_one_orphan(&sb, c);
847                 last = c;
848                 lost++;
849         }
850         if (ORPHAN_CUTOFF < lost) {
851                 int more = lost - ORPHAN_CUTOFF;
852                 if (more == 1)
853                         describe_one_orphan(&sb, last);
854                 else
855                         strbuf_addf(&sb, _(" ... and %d more.\n"), more);
856         }
857
858         fprintf(stderr,
859                 Q_(
860                 /* The singular version */
861                 "Warning: you are leaving %d commit behind, "
862                 "not connected to\n"
863                 "any of your branches:\n\n"
864                 "%s\n",
865                 /* The plural version */
866                 "Warning: you are leaving %d commits behind, "
867                 "not connected to\n"
868                 "any of your branches:\n\n"
869                 "%s\n",
870                 /* Give ngettext() the count */
871                 lost),
872                 lost,
873                 sb.buf);
874         strbuf_release(&sb);
875
876         if (advice_detached_head)
877                 fprintf(stderr,
878                         Q_(
879                         /* The singular version */
880                         "If you want to keep it by creating a new branch, "
881                         "this may be a good time\nto do so with:\n\n"
882                         " git branch <new-branch-name> %s\n\n",
883                         /* The plural version */
884                         "If you want to keep them by creating a new branch, "
885                         "this may be a good time\nto do so with:\n\n"
886                         " git branch <new-branch-name> %s\n\n",
887                         /* Give ngettext() the count */
888                         lost),
889                         find_unique_abbrev(&commit->object.oid, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
890 }
891
892 /*
893  * We are about to leave commit that was at the tip of a detached
894  * HEAD.  If it is not reachable from any ref, this is the last chance
895  * for the user to do so without resorting to reflog.
896  */
897 static void orphaned_commit_warning(struct commit *old_commit, struct commit *new_commit)
898 {
899         struct rev_info revs;
900         struct object *object = &old_commit->object;
901
902         init_revisions(&revs, NULL);
903         setup_revisions(0, NULL, &revs, NULL);
904
905         object->flags &= ~UNINTERESTING;
906         add_pending_object(&revs, object, oid_to_hex(&object->oid));
907
908         for_each_ref(add_pending_uninteresting_ref, &revs);
909         add_pending_oid(&revs, "HEAD", &new_commit->object.oid, UNINTERESTING);
910
911         if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
912                 die(_("internal error in revision walk"));
913         if (!(old_commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING))
914                 suggest_reattach(old_commit, &revs);
915         else
916                 describe_detached_head(_("Previous HEAD position was"), old_commit);
917
918         /* Clean up objects used, as they will be reused. */
919         clear_commit_marks_all(ALL_REV_FLAGS);
920 }
921
922 static int switch_branches(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
923                            struct branch_info *new_branch_info)
924 {
925         int ret = 0;
926         struct branch_info old_branch_info;
927         void *path_to_free;
928         struct object_id rev;
929         int flag, writeout_error = 0;
930         memset(&old_branch_info, 0, sizeof(old_branch_info));
931         old_branch_info.path = path_to_free = resolve_refdup("HEAD", 0, &rev, &flag);
932         if (old_branch_info.path)
933                 old_branch_info.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(the_repository, &rev, 1);
934         if (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF))
935                 old_branch_info.path = NULL;
936
937         if (old_branch_info.path)
938                 skip_prefix(old_branch_info.path, "refs/heads/", &old_branch_info.name);
939
940         if (!new_branch_info->name) {
941                 new_branch_info->name = "HEAD";
942                 new_branch_info->commit = old_branch_info.commit;
943                 if (!new_branch_info->commit)
944                         die(_("You are on a branch yet to be born"));
945                 parse_commit_or_die(new_branch_info->commit);
946         }
947
948         /* optimize the "checkout -b <new_branch> path */
949         if (skip_merge_working_tree(opts, &old_branch_info, new_branch_info)) {
950                 if (!checkout_optimize_new_branch && !opts->quiet) {
951                         if (read_cache_preload(NULL) < 0)
952                                 return error(_("index file corrupt"));
953                         show_local_changes(&new_branch_info->commit->object, &opts->diff_options);
954                 }
955         } else {
956                 ret = merge_working_tree(opts, &old_branch_info, new_branch_info, &writeout_error);
957                 if (ret) {
958                         free(path_to_free);
959                         return ret;
960                 }
961         }
962
963         if (!opts->quiet && !old_branch_info.path && old_branch_info.commit && new_branch_info->commit != old_branch_info.commit)
964                 orphaned_commit_warning(old_branch_info.commit, new_branch_info->commit);
965
966         update_refs_for_switch(opts, &old_branch_info, new_branch_info);
967
968         ret = post_checkout_hook(old_branch_info.commit, new_branch_info->commit, 1);
969         free(path_to_free);
970         return ret || writeout_error;
971 }
972
973 static int git_checkout_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
974 {
975         if (!strcmp(var, "checkout.optimizenewbranch")) {
976                 checkout_optimize_new_branch = git_config_bool(var, value);
977                 return 0;
978         }
979
980         if (!strcmp(var, "diff.ignoresubmodules")) {
981                 struct checkout_opts *opts = cb;
982                 handle_ignore_submodules_arg(&opts->diff_options, value);
983                 return 0;
984         }
985
986         if (starts_with(var, "submodule."))
987                 return git_default_submodule_config(var, value, NULL);
988
989         return git_xmerge_config(var, value, NULL);
990 }
991
992 static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv,
993                                 int dwim_new_local_branch_ok,
994                                 struct branch_info *new_branch_info,
995                                 struct checkout_opts *opts,
996                                 struct object_id *rev,
997                                 int *dwim_remotes_matched)
998 {
999         struct tree **source_tree = &opts->source_tree;
1000         const char **new_branch = &opts->new_branch;
1001         int argcount = 0;
1002         struct object_id branch_rev;
1003         const char *arg;
1004         int dash_dash_pos;
1005         int has_dash_dash = 0;
1006         int i;
1007
1008         /*
1009          * case 1: git checkout <ref> -- [<paths>]
1010          *
1011          *   <ref> must be a valid tree, everything after the '--' must be
1012          *   a path.
1013          *
1014          * case 2: git checkout -- [<paths>]
1015          *
1016          *   everything after the '--' must be paths.
1017          *
1018          * case 3: git checkout <something> [--]
1019          *
1020          *   (a) If <something> is a commit, that is to
1021          *       switch to the branch or detach HEAD at it.  As a special case,
1022          *       if <something> is A...B (missing A or B means HEAD but you can
1023          *       omit at most one side), and if there is a unique merge base
1024          *       between A and B, A...B names that merge base.
1025          *
1026          *   (b) If <something> is _not_ a commit, either "--" is present
1027          *       or <something> is not a path, no -t or -b was given, and
1028          *       and there is a tracking branch whose name is <something>
1029          *       in one and only one remote (or if the branch exists on the
1030          *       remote named in checkout.defaultRemote), then this is a
1031          *       short-hand to fork local <something> from that
1032          *       remote-tracking branch.
1033          *
1034          *   (c) Otherwise, if "--" is present, treat it like case (1).
1035          *
1036          *   (d) Otherwise :
1037          *       - if it's a reference, treat it like case (1)
1038          *       - else if it's a path, treat it like case (2)
1039          *       - else: fail.
1040          *
1041          * case 4: git checkout <something> <paths>
1042          *
1043          *   The first argument must not be ambiguous.
1044          *   - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).
1045          *   - If it's only a path, treat it like case (2).
1046          *   - else: fail.
1047          *
1048          */
1049         if (!argc)
1050                 return 0;
1051
1052         arg = argv[0];
1053         dash_dash_pos = -1;
1054         for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
1055                 if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--")) {
1056                         dash_dash_pos = i;
1057                         break;
1058                 }
1059         }
1060         if (dash_dash_pos == 0)
1061                 return 1; /* case (2) */
1062         else if (dash_dash_pos == 1)
1063                 has_dash_dash = 1; /* case (3) or (1) */
1064         else if (dash_dash_pos >= 2)
1065                 die(_("only one reference expected, %d given."), dash_dash_pos);
1066
1067         if (!strcmp(arg, "-"))
1068                 arg = "@{-1}";
1069
1070         if (get_oid_mb(arg, rev)) {
1071                 /*
1072                  * Either case (3) or (4), with <something> not being
1073                  * a commit, or an attempt to use case (1) with an
1074                  * invalid ref.
1075                  *
1076                  * It's likely an error, but we need to find out if
1077                  * we should auto-create the branch, case (3).(b).
1078                  */
1079                 int recover_with_dwim = dwim_new_local_branch_ok;
1080
1081                 if (!has_dash_dash &&
1082                     (check_filename(opts->prefix, arg) || !no_wildcard(arg)))
1083                         recover_with_dwim = 0;
1084                 /*
1085                  * Accept "git checkout foo" and "git checkout foo --"
1086                  * as candidates for dwim.
1087                  */
1088                 if (!(argc == 1 && !has_dash_dash) &&
1089                     !(argc == 2 && has_dash_dash))
1090                         recover_with_dwim = 0;
1091
1092                 if (recover_with_dwim) {
1093                         const char *remote = unique_tracking_name(arg, rev,
1094                                                                   dwim_remotes_matched);
1095                         if (remote) {
1096                                 *new_branch = arg;
1097                                 arg = remote;
1098                                 /* DWIMmed to create local branch, case (3).(b) */
1099                         } else {
1100                                 recover_with_dwim = 0;
1101                         }
1102                 }
1103
1104                 if (!recover_with_dwim) {
1105                         if (has_dash_dash)
1106                                 die(_("invalid reference: %s"), arg);
1107                         return argcount;
1108                 }
1109         }
1110
1111         /* we can't end up being in (2) anymore, eat the argument */
1112         argcount++;
1113         argv++;
1114         argc--;
1115
1116         new_branch_info->name = arg;
1117         setup_branch_path(new_branch_info);
1118
1119         if (!check_refname_format(new_branch_info->path, 0) &&
1120             !read_ref(new_branch_info->path, &branch_rev))
1121                 oidcpy(rev, &branch_rev);
1122         else
1123                 new_branch_info->path = NULL; /* not an existing branch */
1124
1125         new_branch_info->commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(the_repository, rev, 1);
1126         if (!new_branch_info->commit) {
1127                 /* not a commit */
1128                 *source_tree = parse_tree_indirect(rev);
1129         } else {
1130                 parse_commit_or_die(new_branch_info->commit);
1131                 *source_tree = get_commit_tree(new_branch_info->commit);
1132         }
1133
1134         if (!*source_tree)                   /* case (1): want a tree */
1135                 die(_("reference is not a tree: %s"), arg);
1136         if (!has_dash_dash) {   /* case (3).(d) -> (1) */
1137                 /*
1138                  * Do not complain the most common case
1139                  *      git checkout branch
1140                  * even if there happen to be a file called 'branch';
1141                  * it would be extremely annoying.
1142                  */
1143                 if (argc)
1144                         verify_non_filename(opts->prefix, arg);
1145         } else {
1146                 argcount++;
1147                 argv++;
1148                 argc--;
1149         }
1150
1151         return argcount;
1152 }
1153
1154 static int switch_unborn_to_new_branch(const struct checkout_opts *opts)
1155 {
1156         int status;
1157         struct strbuf branch_ref = STRBUF_INIT;
1158
1159         if (!opts->new_branch)
1160                 die(_("You are on a branch yet to be born"));
1161         strbuf_addf(&branch_ref, "refs/heads/%s", opts->new_branch);
1162         status = create_symref("HEAD", branch_ref.buf, "checkout -b");
1163         strbuf_release(&branch_ref);
1164         if (!opts->quiet)
1165                 fprintf(stderr, _("Switched to a new branch '%s'\n"),
1166                         opts->new_branch);
1167         return status;
1168 }
1169
1170 static int checkout_branch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
1171                            struct branch_info *new_branch_info)
1172 {
1173         if (opts->pathspec.nr)
1174                 die(_("paths cannot be used with switching branches"));
1175
1176         if (opts->patch_mode)
1177                 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with switching branches"),
1178                     "--patch");
1179
1180         if (opts->writeout_stage)
1181                 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with switching branches"),
1182                     "--ours/--theirs");
1183
1184         if (opts->force && opts->merge)
1185                 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with '%s'"), "-f", "-m");
1186
1187         if (opts->force_detach && opts->new_branch)
1188                 die(_("'%s' cannot be used with '%s'"),
1189                     "--detach", "-b/-B/--orphan");
1190
1191         if (opts->new_orphan_branch) {
1192                 if (opts->track != BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
1193                         die(_("'%s' cannot be used with '%s'"), "--orphan", "-t");
1194         } else if (opts->force_detach) {
1195                 if (opts->track != BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
1196                         die(_("'%s' cannot be used with '%s'"), "--detach", "-t");
1197         } else if (opts->track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
1198                 opts->track = git_branch_track;
1199
1200         if (new_branch_info->name && !new_branch_info->commit)
1201                 die(_("Cannot switch branch to a non-commit '%s'"),
1202                     new_branch_info->name);
1203
1204         if (new_branch_info->path && !opts->force_detach && !opts->new_branch &&
1205             !opts->ignore_other_worktrees) {
1206                 int flag;
1207                 char *head_ref = resolve_refdup("HEAD", 0, NULL, &flag);
1208                 if (head_ref &&
1209                     (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF) || strcmp(head_ref, new_branch_info->path)))
1210                         die_if_checked_out(new_branch_info->path, 1);
1211                 free(head_ref);
1212         }
1213
1214         if (!new_branch_info->commit && opts->new_branch) {
1215                 struct object_id rev;
1216                 int flag;
1217
1218                 if (!read_ref_full("HEAD", 0, &rev, &flag) &&
1219                     (flag & REF_ISSYMREF) && is_null_oid(&rev))
1220                         return switch_unborn_to_new_branch(opts);
1221         }
1222         return switch_branches(opts, new_branch_info);
1223 }
1224
1225 int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
1226 {
1227         struct checkout_opts opts;
1228         struct branch_info new_branch_info;
1229         char *conflict_style = NULL;
1230         int dwim_new_local_branch = 1;
1231         int dwim_remotes_matched = 0;
1232         struct option options[] = {
1233                 OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet, N_("suppress progress reporting")),
1234                 OPT_STRING('b', NULL, &opts.new_branch, N_("branch"),
1235                            N_("create and checkout a new branch")),
1236                 OPT_STRING('B', NULL, &opts.new_branch_force, N_("branch"),
1237                            N_("create/reset and checkout a branch")),
1238                 OPT_BOOL('l', NULL, &opts.new_branch_log, N_("create reflog for new branch")),
1239                 OPT_BOOL(0, "detach", &opts.force_detach, N_("detach HEAD at named commit")),
1240                 OPT_SET_INT('t', "track",  &opts.track, N_("set upstream info for new branch"),
1241                         BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT),
1242                 OPT_STRING(0, "orphan", &opts.new_orphan_branch, N_("new-branch"), N_("new unparented branch")),
1243                 OPT_SET_INT_F('2', "ours", &opts.writeout_stage,
1244                               N_("checkout our version for unmerged files"),
1245                               2, PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
1246                 OPT_SET_INT_F('3', "theirs", &opts.writeout_stage,
1247                               N_("checkout their version for unmerged files"),
1248                               3, PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
1249                 OPT__FORCE(&opts.force, N_("force checkout (throw away local modifications)"),
1250                            PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE),
1251                 OPT_BOOL('m', "merge", &opts.merge, N_("perform a 3-way merge with the new branch")),
1252                 OPT_BOOL_F(0, "overwrite-ignore", &opts.overwrite_ignore,
1253                            N_("update ignored files (default)"),
1254                            PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE),
1255                 OPT_STRING(0, "conflict", &conflict_style, N_("style"),
1256                            N_("conflict style (merge or diff3)")),
1257                 OPT_BOOL('p', "patch", &opts.patch_mode, N_("select hunks interactively")),
1258                 OPT_BOOL(0, "ignore-skip-worktree-bits", &opts.ignore_skipworktree,
1259                          N_("do not limit pathspecs to sparse entries only")),
1260                 OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "guess", &dwim_new_local_branch,
1261                                 N_("second guess 'git checkout <no-such-branch>'")),
1262                 OPT_BOOL(0, "ignore-other-worktrees", &opts.ignore_other_worktrees,
1263                          N_("do not check if another worktree is holding the given ref")),
1264                 { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "recurse-submodules", NULL,
1265                             "checkout", "control recursive updating of submodules",
1266                             PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, option_parse_recurse_submodules_worktree_updater },
1267                 OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &opts.show_progress, N_("force progress reporting")),
1268                 OPT_END(),
1269         };
1270
1271         memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
1272         memset(&new_branch_info, 0, sizeof(new_branch_info));
1273         opts.overwrite_ignore = 1;
1274         opts.prefix = prefix;
1275         opts.show_progress = -1;
1276
1277         git_config(git_checkout_config, &opts);
1278
1279         opts.track = BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED;
1280
1281         argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, checkout_usage,
1282                              PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);
1283
1284         if (opts.show_progress < 0) {
1285                 if (opts.quiet)
1286                         opts.show_progress = 0;
1287                 else
1288                         opts.show_progress = isatty(2);
1289         }
1290
1291         if (conflict_style) {
1292                 opts.merge = 1; /* implied */
1293                 git_xmerge_config("merge.conflictstyle", conflict_style, NULL);
1294         }
1295
1296         if ((!!opts.new_branch + !!opts.new_branch_force + !!opts.new_orphan_branch) > 1)
1297                 die(_("-b, -B and --orphan are mutually exclusive"));
1298
1299         /*
1300          * From here on, new_branch will contain the branch to be checked out,
1301          * and new_branch_force and new_orphan_branch will tell us which one of
1302          * -b/-B/--orphan is being used.
1303          */
1304         if (opts.new_branch_force)
1305                 opts.new_branch = opts.new_branch_force;
1306
1307         if (opts.new_orphan_branch)
1308                 opts.new_branch = opts.new_orphan_branch;
1309
1310         /* --track without -b/-B/--orphan should DWIM */
1311         if (opts.track != BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED && !opts.new_branch) {
1312                 const char *argv0 = argv[0];
1313                 if (!argc || !strcmp(argv0, "--"))
1314                         die(_("--track needs a branch name"));
1315                 skip_prefix(argv0, "refs/", &argv0);
1316                 skip_prefix(argv0, "remotes/", &argv0);
1317                 argv0 = strchr(argv0, '/');
1318                 if (!argv0 || !argv0[1])
1319                         die(_("missing branch name; try -b"));
1320                 opts.new_branch = argv0 + 1;
1321         }
1322
1323         /*
1324          * Extract branch name from command line arguments, so
1325          * all that is left is pathspecs.
1326          *
1327          * Handle
1328          *
1329          *  1) git checkout <tree> -- [<paths>]
1330          *  2) git checkout -- [<paths>]
1331          *  3) git checkout <something> [<paths>]
1332          *
1333          * including "last branch" syntax and DWIM-ery for names of
1334          * remote branches, erroring out for invalid or ambiguous cases.
1335          */
1336         if (argc) {
1337                 struct object_id rev;
1338                 int dwim_ok =
1339                         !opts.patch_mode &&
1340                         dwim_new_local_branch &&
1341                         opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED &&
1342                         !opts.new_branch;
1343                 int n = parse_branchname_arg(argc, argv, dwim_ok,
1344                                              &new_branch_info, &opts, &rev,
1345                                              &dwim_remotes_matched);
1346                 argv += n;
1347                 argc -= n;
1348         }
1349
1350         if (argc) {
1351                 parse_pathspec(&opts.pathspec, 0,
1352                                opts.patch_mode ? PATHSPEC_PREFIX_ORIGIN : 0,
1353                                prefix, argv);
1354
1355                 if (!opts.pathspec.nr)
1356                         die(_("invalid path specification"));
1357
1358                 /*
1359                  * Try to give more helpful suggestion.
1360                  * new_branch && argc > 1 will be caught later.
1361                  */
1362                 if (opts.new_branch && argc == 1)
1363                         die(_("'%s' is not a commit and a branch '%s' cannot be created from it"),
1364                                 argv[0], opts.new_branch);
1365
1366                 if (opts.force_detach)
1367                         die(_("git checkout: --detach does not take a path argument '%s'"),
1368                             argv[0]);
1369
1370                 if (1 < !!opts.writeout_stage + !!opts.force + !!opts.merge)
1371                         die(_("git checkout: --ours/--theirs, --force and --merge are incompatible when\n"
1372                               "checking out of the index."));
1373         }
1374
1375         if (opts.new_branch) {
1376                 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
1377
1378                 if (opts.new_branch_force)
1379                         opts.branch_exists = validate_branchname(opts.new_branch, &buf);
1380                 else
1381                         opts.branch_exists =
1382                                 validate_new_branchname(opts.new_branch, &buf, 0);
1383                 strbuf_release(&buf);
1384         }
1385
1386         UNLEAK(opts);
1387         if (opts.patch_mode || opts.pathspec.nr) {
1388                 int ret = checkout_paths(&opts, new_branch_info.name);
1389                 if (ret && dwim_remotes_matched > 1 &&
1390                     advice_checkout_ambiguous_remote_branch_name)
1391                         advise(_("'%s' matched more than one remote tracking branch.\n"
1392                                  "We found %d remotes with a reference that matched. So we fell back\n"
1393                                  "on trying to resolve the argument as a path, but failed there too!\n"
1394                                  "\n"
1395                                  "If you meant to check out a remote tracking branch on, e.g. 'origin',\n"
1396                                  "you can do so by fully qualifying the name with the --track option:\n"
1397                                  "\n"
1398                                  "    git checkout --track origin/<name>\n"
1399                                  "\n"
1400                                  "If you'd like to always have checkouts of an ambiguous <name> prefer\n"
1401                                  "one remote, e.g. the 'origin' remote, consider setting\n"
1402                                  "checkout.defaultRemote=origin in your config."),
1403                                argv[0],
1404                                dwim_remotes_matched);
1405                 return ret;
1406         } else {
1407                 return checkout_branch(&opts, &new_branch_info);
1408         }
1409 }