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"
24 static const char * const builtin_branch_usage[] = {
25 N_("git branch [<options>] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged]"),
26 N_("git branch [<options>] [-l] [-f] <branch-name> [<start-point>]"),
27 N_("git branch [<options>] [-r] (-d | -D) <branch-name>..."),
28 N_("git branch [<options>] (-m | -M) [<old-branch>] <new-branch>"),
29 N_("git branch [<options>] [-r | -a] [--points-at]"),
33 static const char *head;
34 static unsigned char head_sha1[20];
36 static int branch_use_color = -1;
37 static char branch_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {
39 GIT_COLOR_NORMAL, /* PLAIN */
40 GIT_COLOR_RED, /* REMOTE */
41 GIT_COLOR_NORMAL, /* LOCAL */
42 GIT_COLOR_GREEN, /* CURRENT */
43 GIT_COLOR_BLUE, /* UPSTREAM */
46 BRANCH_COLOR_RESET = 0,
47 BRANCH_COLOR_PLAIN = 1,
48 BRANCH_COLOR_REMOTE = 2,
49 BRANCH_COLOR_LOCAL = 3,
50 BRANCH_COLOR_CURRENT = 4,
51 BRANCH_COLOR_UPSTREAM = 5
54 static struct string_list output = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
55 static unsigned int colopts;
57 static int parse_branch_color_slot(const char *slot)
59 if (!strcasecmp(slot, "plain"))
60 return BRANCH_COLOR_PLAIN;
61 if (!strcasecmp(slot, "reset"))
62 return BRANCH_COLOR_RESET;
63 if (!strcasecmp(slot, "remote"))
64 return BRANCH_COLOR_REMOTE;
65 if (!strcasecmp(slot, "local"))
66 return BRANCH_COLOR_LOCAL;
67 if (!strcasecmp(slot, "current"))
68 return BRANCH_COLOR_CURRENT;
69 if (!strcasecmp(slot, "upstream"))
70 return BRANCH_COLOR_UPSTREAM;
74 static int git_branch_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
76 const char *slot_name;
78 if (starts_with(var, "column."))
79 return git_column_config(var, value, "branch", &colopts);
80 if (!strcmp(var, "color.branch")) {
81 branch_use_color = git_config_colorbool(var, value);
84 if (skip_prefix(var, "color.branch.", &slot_name)) {
85 int slot = parse_branch_color_slot(slot_name);
89 return config_error_nonbool(var);
90 return color_parse(value, branch_colors[slot]);
92 return git_color_default_config(var, value, cb);
95 static const char *branch_get_color(enum color_branch ix)
97 if (want_color(branch_use_color))
98 return branch_colors[ix];
102 static int branch_merged(int kind, const char *name,
103 struct commit *rev, struct commit *head_rev)
106 * This checks whether the merge bases of branch and HEAD (or
107 * the other branch this branch builds upon) contains the
108 * branch, which means that the branch has already been merged
109 * safely to HEAD (or the other branch).
111 struct commit *reference_rev = NULL;
112 const char *reference_name = NULL;
113 void *reference_name_to_free = NULL;
116 if (kind == FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES) {
117 struct branch *branch = branch_get(name);
118 const char *upstream = branch_get_upstream(branch, NULL);
119 unsigned char sha1[20];
122 (reference_name = reference_name_to_free =
123 resolve_refdup(upstream, RESOLVE_REF_READING,
124 sha1, NULL)) != NULL)
125 reference_rev = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
128 reference_rev = head_rev;
130 merged = in_merge_bases(rev, reference_rev);
133 * After the safety valve is fully redefined to "check with
134 * upstream, if any, otherwise with HEAD", we should just
135 * return the result of the in_merge_bases() above without
136 * any of the following code, but during the transition period,
137 * a gentle reminder is in order.
139 if ((head_rev != reference_rev) &&
140 in_merge_bases(rev, head_rev) != merged) {
142 warning(_("deleting branch '%s' that has been merged to\n"
143 " '%s', but not yet merged to HEAD."),
144 name, reference_name);
146 warning(_("not deleting branch '%s' that is not yet merged to\n"
147 " '%s', even though it is merged to HEAD."),
148 name, reference_name);
150 free(reference_name_to_free);
154 static int check_branch_commit(const char *branchname, const char *refname,
155 const unsigned char *sha1, struct commit *head_rev,
156 int kinds, int force)
158 struct commit *rev = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
160 error(_("Couldn't look up commit object for '%s'"), refname);
163 if (!force && !branch_merged(kinds, branchname, rev, head_rev)) {
164 error(_("The branch '%s' is not fully merged.\n"
165 "If you are sure you want to delete it, "
166 "run 'git branch -D %s'."), branchname, branchname);
172 static void delete_branch_config(const char *branchname)
174 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
175 strbuf_addf(&buf, "branch.%s", branchname);
176 if (git_config_rename_section(buf.buf, NULL) < 0)
177 warning(_("Update of config-file failed"));
178 strbuf_release(&buf);
181 static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds,
184 struct commit *head_rev = NULL;
185 unsigned char sha1[20];
190 int remote_branch = 0;
191 struct strbuf bname = STRBUF_INIT;
194 case FILTER_REFS_REMOTES:
195 fmt = "refs/remotes/%s";
196 /* For subsequent UI messages */
201 case FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES:
202 fmt = "refs/heads/%s";
205 die(_("cannot use -a with -d"));
209 head_rev = lookup_commit_reference(head_sha1);
211 die(_("Couldn't look up commit object for HEAD"));
213 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++, strbuf_release(&bname)) {
217 strbuf_branchname(&bname, argv[i]);
218 if (kinds == FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES && !strcmp(head, bname.buf)) {
219 error(_("Cannot delete the branch '%s' "
220 "which you are currently on."), bname.buf);
227 name = mkpathdup(fmt, bname.buf);
228 target = resolve_ref_unsafe(name,
230 | RESOLVE_REF_NO_RECURSE
231 | RESOLVE_REF_ALLOW_BAD_NAME,
235 ? _("remote-tracking branch '%s' not found.")
236 : _("branch '%s' not found."), bname.buf);
241 if (!(flags & (REF_ISSYMREF|REF_ISBROKEN)) &&
242 check_branch_commit(bname.buf, name, sha1, head_rev, kinds,
248 if (delete_ref(name, is_null_sha1(sha1) ? NULL : sha1,
251 ? _("Error deleting remote-tracking branch '%s'")
252 : _("Error deleting branch '%s'"),
259 ? _("Deleted remote-tracking branch %s (was %s).\n")
260 : _("Deleted branch %s (was %s).\n"),
262 (flags & REF_ISBROKEN) ? "broken"
263 : (flags & REF_ISSYMREF) ? target
264 : find_unique_abbrev(sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
266 delete_branch_config(bname.buf);
274 static void fill_tracking_info(struct strbuf *stat, const char *branch_name,
275 int show_upstream_ref)
279 struct branch *branch = branch_get(branch_name);
280 const char *upstream;
281 struct strbuf fancy = STRBUF_INIT;
282 int upstream_is_gone = 0;
283 int added_decoration = 1;
285 if (stat_tracking_info(branch, &ours, &theirs, &upstream) < 0) {
288 upstream_is_gone = 1;
291 if (show_upstream_ref) {
292 ref = shorten_unambiguous_ref(upstream, 0);
293 if (want_color(branch_use_color))
294 strbuf_addf(&fancy, "%s%s%s",
295 branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_UPSTREAM),
296 ref, branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET));
298 strbuf_addstr(&fancy, ref);
301 if (upstream_is_gone) {
302 if (show_upstream_ref)
303 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s: gone]"), fancy.buf);
305 added_decoration = 0;
306 } else if (!ours && !theirs) {
307 if (show_upstream_ref)
308 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s]"), fancy.buf);
310 added_decoration = 0;
312 if (show_upstream_ref)
313 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s: behind %d]"), fancy.buf, theirs);
315 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[behind %d]"), theirs);
317 } else if (!theirs) {
318 if (show_upstream_ref)
319 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s: ahead %d]"), fancy.buf, ours);
321 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[ahead %d]"), ours);
323 if (show_upstream_ref)
324 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[%s: ahead %d, behind %d]"),
325 fancy.buf, ours, theirs);
327 strbuf_addf(stat, _("[ahead %d, behind %d]"),
330 strbuf_release(&fancy);
331 if (added_decoration)
332 strbuf_addch(stat, ' ');
336 static void add_verbose_info(struct strbuf *out, struct ref_array_item *item,
337 struct ref_filter *filter, const char *refname)
339 struct strbuf subject = STRBUF_INIT, stat = STRBUF_INIT;
340 const char *sub = _(" **** invalid ref ****");
341 struct commit *commit = item->commit;
343 if (!parse_commit(commit)) {
344 pp_commit_easy(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, &subject);
348 if (item->kind == FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES)
349 fill_tracking_info(&stat, refname, filter->verbose > 1);
351 strbuf_addf(out, " %s %s%s",
352 find_unique_abbrev(item->commit->object.oid.hash, filter->abbrev),
354 strbuf_release(&stat);
355 strbuf_release(&subject);
358 static char *get_head_description(void)
360 struct strbuf desc = STRBUF_INIT;
361 struct wt_status_state state;
362 memset(&state, 0, sizeof(state));
363 wt_status_get_state(&state, 1);
364 if (state.rebase_in_progress ||
365 state.rebase_interactive_in_progress)
366 strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(no branch, rebasing %s)"),
368 else if (state.bisect_in_progress)
369 strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(no branch, bisect started on %s)"),
371 else if (state.detached_from) {
372 /* TRANSLATORS: make sure these match _("HEAD detached at ")
373 and _("HEAD detached from ") in wt-status.c */
374 if (state.detached_at)
375 strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(HEAD detached at %s)"),
376 state.detached_from);
378 strbuf_addf(&desc, _("(HEAD detached from %s)"),
379 state.detached_from);
382 strbuf_addstr(&desc, _("(no branch)"));
385 free(state.detached_from);
386 return strbuf_detach(&desc, NULL);
389 static void format_and_print_ref_item(struct ref_array_item *item, int maxwidth,
390 struct ref_filter *filter, const char *remote_prefix)
395 struct strbuf out = STRBUF_INIT, name = STRBUF_INIT;
396 const char *prefix = "";
397 const char *desc = item->refname;
398 char *to_free = NULL;
400 switch (item->kind) {
401 case FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES:
402 skip_prefix(desc, "refs/heads/", &desc);
403 if (!filter->detached && !strcmp(desc, head))
406 color = BRANCH_COLOR_LOCAL;
408 case FILTER_REFS_REMOTES:
409 skip_prefix(desc, "refs/remotes/", &desc);
410 color = BRANCH_COLOR_REMOTE;
411 prefix = remote_prefix;
413 case FILTER_REFS_DETACHED_HEAD:
414 desc = to_free = get_head_description();
418 color = BRANCH_COLOR_PLAIN;
425 color = BRANCH_COLOR_CURRENT;
428 strbuf_addf(&name, "%s%s", prefix, desc);
429 if (filter->verbose) {
430 int utf8_compensation = strlen(name.buf) - utf8_strwidth(name.buf);
431 strbuf_addf(&out, "%c %s%-*s%s", c, branch_get_color(color),
432 maxwidth + utf8_compensation, name.buf,
433 branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET));
435 strbuf_addf(&out, "%c %s%s%s", c, branch_get_color(color),
436 name.buf, branch_get_color(BRANCH_COLOR_RESET));
439 skip_prefix(item->symref, "refs/remotes/", &desc);
440 strbuf_addf(&out, " -> %s", desc);
442 else if (filter->verbose)
443 /* " f7c0c00 [ahead 58, behind 197] vcs-svn: drop obj_pool.h" */
444 add_verbose_info(&out, item, filter, desc);
445 if (column_active(colopts)) {
446 assert(!filter->verbose && "--column and --verbose are incompatible");
447 string_list_append(&output, out.buf);
449 printf("%s\n", out.buf);
451 strbuf_release(&name);
452 strbuf_release(&out);
456 static int calc_maxwidth(struct ref_array *refs, int remote_bonus)
459 for (i = 0; i < refs->nr; i++) {
460 struct ref_array_item *it = refs->items[i];
461 const char *desc = it->refname;
464 skip_prefix(it->refname, "refs/heads/", &desc);
465 skip_prefix(it->refname, "refs/remotes/", &desc);
466 w = utf8_strwidth(desc);
468 if (it->kind == FILTER_REFS_REMOTES)
476 static void print_ref_list(struct ref_filter *filter, struct ref_sorting *sorting)
479 struct ref_array array;
481 const char *remote_prefix = "";
484 * If we are listing more than just remote branches,
485 * then remote branches will have a "remotes/" prefix.
486 * We need to account for this in the width.
488 if (filter->kind != FILTER_REFS_REMOTES)
489 remote_prefix = "remotes/";
491 memset(&array, 0, sizeof(array));
493 verify_ref_format("%(refname)%(symref)");
494 filter_refs(&array, filter, filter->kind | FILTER_REFS_INCLUDE_BROKEN);
497 maxwidth = calc_maxwidth(&array, strlen(remote_prefix));
500 * If no sorting parameter is given then we default to sorting
501 * by 'refname'. This would give us an alphabetically sorted
502 * array with the 'HEAD' ref at the beginning followed by
503 * local branches 'refs/heads/...' and finally remote-tacking
504 * branches 'refs/remotes/...'.
507 sorting = ref_default_sorting();
508 ref_array_sort(sorting, &array);
510 for (i = 0; i < array.nr; i++)
511 format_and_print_ref_item(array.items[i], maxwidth, filter, remote_prefix);
513 ref_array_clear(&array);
516 static void rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int force)
518 struct strbuf oldref = STRBUF_INIT, newref = STRBUF_INIT, logmsg = STRBUF_INIT;
519 struct strbuf oldsection = STRBUF_INIT, newsection = STRBUF_INIT;
524 die(_("cannot rename the current branch while not on any."));
526 if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&oldref, oldname)) {
528 * Bad name --- this could be an attempt to rename a
529 * ref that we used to allow to be created by accident.
531 if (ref_exists(oldref.buf))
534 die(_("Invalid branch name: '%s'"), oldname);
538 * A command like "git branch -M currentbranch currentbranch" cannot
539 * cause the worktree to become inconsistent with HEAD, so allow it.
541 clobber_head_ok = !strcmp(oldname, newname);
543 validate_new_branchname(newname, &newref, force, clobber_head_ok);
545 strbuf_addf(&logmsg, "Branch: renamed %s to %s",
546 oldref.buf, newref.buf);
548 if (rename_ref(oldref.buf, newref.buf, logmsg.buf))
549 die(_("Branch rename failed"));
550 strbuf_release(&logmsg);
553 warning(_("Renamed a misnamed branch '%s' away"), oldref.buf + 11);
555 /* no need to pass logmsg here as HEAD didn't really move */
556 if (!strcmp(oldname, head) && create_symref("HEAD", newref.buf, NULL))
557 die(_("Branch renamed to %s, but HEAD is not updated!"), newname);
559 strbuf_addf(&oldsection, "branch.%s", oldref.buf + 11);
560 strbuf_release(&oldref);
561 strbuf_addf(&newsection, "branch.%s", newref.buf + 11);
562 strbuf_release(&newref);
563 if (git_config_rename_section(oldsection.buf, newsection.buf) < 0)
564 die(_("Branch is renamed, but update of config-file failed"));
565 strbuf_release(&oldsection);
566 strbuf_release(&newsection);
569 static const char edit_description[] = "BRANCH_DESCRIPTION";
571 static int edit_branch_description(const char *branch_name)
573 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
574 struct strbuf name = STRBUF_INIT;
576 read_branch_desc(&buf, branch_name);
577 if (!buf.len || buf.buf[buf.len-1] != '\n')
578 strbuf_addch(&buf, '\n');
579 strbuf_commented_addf(&buf,
580 "Please edit the description for the branch\n"
582 "Lines starting with '%c' will be stripped.\n",
583 branch_name, comment_line_char);
584 if (write_file_gently(git_path(edit_description), "%s", buf.buf)) {
585 strbuf_release(&buf);
586 return error(_("could not write branch description template: %s"),
590 if (launch_editor(git_path(edit_description), &buf, NULL)) {
591 strbuf_release(&buf);
594 strbuf_stripspace(&buf, 1);
596 strbuf_addf(&name, "branch.%s.description", branch_name);
597 git_config_set(name.buf, buf.len ? buf.buf : NULL);
598 strbuf_release(&name);
599 strbuf_release(&buf);
604 int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
606 int delete = 0, rename = 0, force = 0, list = 0;
607 int reflog = 0, edit_description = 0;
608 int quiet = 0, unset_upstream = 0;
609 const char *new_upstream = NULL;
610 enum branch_track track;
611 struct ref_filter filter;
612 static struct ref_sorting *sorting = NULL, **sorting_tail = &sorting;
614 struct option options[] = {
615 OPT_GROUP(N_("Generic options")),
616 OPT__VERBOSE(&filter.verbose,
617 N_("show hash and subject, give twice for upstream branch")),
618 OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("suppress informational messages")),
619 OPT_SET_INT('t', "track", &track, N_("set up tracking mode (see git-pull(1))"),
620 BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT),
621 OPT_SET_INT( 0, "set-upstream", &track, N_("change upstream info"),
622 BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE),
623 OPT_STRING('u', "set-upstream-to", &new_upstream, "upstream", "change the upstream info"),
624 OPT_BOOL(0, "unset-upstream", &unset_upstream, "Unset the upstream info"),
625 OPT__COLOR(&branch_use_color, N_("use colored output")),
626 OPT_SET_INT('r', "remotes", &filter.kind, N_("act on remote-tracking branches"),
627 FILTER_REFS_REMOTES),
628 OPT_CONTAINS(&filter.with_commit, N_("print only branches that contain the commit")),
629 OPT_WITH(&filter.with_commit, N_("print only branches that contain the commit")),
630 OPT__ABBREV(&filter.abbrev),
632 OPT_GROUP(N_("Specific git-branch actions:")),
633 OPT_SET_INT('a', "all", &filter.kind, N_("list both remote-tracking and local branches"),
634 FILTER_REFS_REMOTES | FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES),
635 OPT_BIT('d', "delete", &delete, N_("delete fully merged branch"), 1),
636 OPT_BIT('D', NULL, &delete, N_("delete branch (even if not merged)"), 2),
637 OPT_BIT('m', "move", &rename, N_("move/rename a branch and its reflog"), 1),
638 OPT_BIT('M', NULL, &rename, N_("move/rename a branch, even if target exists"), 2),
639 OPT_BOOL(0, "list", &list, N_("list branch names")),
640 OPT_BOOL('l', "create-reflog", &reflog, N_("create the branch's reflog")),
641 OPT_BOOL(0, "edit-description", &edit_description,
642 N_("edit the description for the branch")),
643 OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("force creation, move/rename, deletion")),
644 OPT_MERGED(&filter, N_("print only branches that are merged")),
645 OPT_NO_MERGED(&filter, N_("print only branches that are not merged")),
646 OPT_COLUMN(0, "column", &colopts, N_("list branches in columns")),
647 OPT_CALLBACK(0 , "sort", sorting_tail, N_("key"),
648 N_("field name to sort on"), &parse_opt_ref_sorting),
650 OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "points-at", &filter.points_at, N_("object"),
651 N_("print only branches of the object"), 0, parse_opt_object_name
656 memset(&filter, 0, sizeof(filter));
657 filter.kind = FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES;
660 if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
661 usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);
663 git_config(git_branch_config, NULL);
665 track = git_branch_track;
667 head = resolve_refdup("HEAD", 0, head_sha1, NULL);
669 die(_("Failed to resolve HEAD as a valid ref."));
670 if (!strcmp(head, "HEAD"))
672 else if (!skip_prefix(head, "refs/heads/", &head))
673 die(_("HEAD not found below refs/heads!"));
675 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, builtin_branch_usage,
678 if (!delete && !rename && !edit_description && !new_upstream && !unset_upstream && argc == 0)
681 if (filter.with_commit || filter.merge != REF_FILTER_MERGED_NONE || filter.points_at.nr)
684 if (!!delete + !!rename + !!new_upstream +
685 list + unset_upstream > 1)
686 usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);
688 if (filter.abbrev == -1)
689 filter.abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
690 finalize_colopts(&colopts, -1);
691 if (filter.verbose) {
692 if (explicitly_enable_column(colopts))
693 die(_("--column and --verbose are incompatible"));
704 die(_("branch name required"));
705 return delete_branches(argc, argv, delete > 1, filter.kind, quiet);
707 /* git branch --local also shows HEAD when it is detached */
708 if ((filter.kind & FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES) && filter.detached)
709 filter.kind |= FILTER_REFS_DETACHED_HEAD;
710 filter.name_patterns = argv;
711 print_ref_list(&filter, sorting);
712 print_columns(&output, colopts, NULL);
713 string_list_clear(&output, 0);
716 else if (edit_description) {
717 const char *branch_name;
718 struct strbuf branch_ref = STRBUF_INIT;
722 die(_("Cannot give description to detached HEAD"));
724 } else if (argc == 1)
725 branch_name = argv[0];
727 die(_("cannot edit description of more than one branch"));
729 strbuf_addf(&branch_ref, "refs/heads/%s", branch_name);
730 if (!ref_exists(branch_ref.buf)) {
731 strbuf_release(&branch_ref);
734 return error(_("No commit on branch '%s' yet."),
737 return error(_("No branch named '%s'."),
740 strbuf_release(&branch_ref);
742 if (edit_branch_description(branch_name))
746 die(_("branch name required"));
748 rename_branch(head, argv[0], rename > 1);
750 rename_branch(argv[0], argv[1], rename > 1);
752 die(_("too many branches for a rename operation"));
753 } else if (new_upstream) {
754 struct branch *branch = branch_get(argv[0]);
757 die(_("too many branches to set new upstream"));
760 if (!argc || !strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD"))
761 die(_("could not set upstream of HEAD to %s when "
762 "it does not point to any branch."),
764 die(_("no such branch '%s'"), argv[0]);
767 if (!ref_exists(branch->refname))
768 die(_("branch '%s' does not exist"), branch->name);
771 * create_branch takes care of setting up the tracking
772 * info and making sure new_upstream is correct
774 create_branch(head, branch->name, new_upstream, 0, 0, 0, quiet, BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE);
775 } else if (unset_upstream) {
776 struct branch *branch = branch_get(argv[0]);
777 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
780 die(_("too many branches to unset upstream"));
783 if (!argc || !strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD"))
784 die(_("could not unset upstream of HEAD when "
785 "it does not point to any branch."));
786 die(_("no such branch '%s'"), argv[0]);
789 if (!branch_has_merge_config(branch))
790 die(_("Branch '%s' has no upstream information"), branch->name);
792 strbuf_addf(&buf, "branch.%s.remote", branch->name);
793 git_config_set_multivar(buf.buf, NULL, NULL, 1);
795 strbuf_addf(&buf, "branch.%s.merge", branch->name);
796 git_config_set_multivar(buf.buf, NULL, NULL, 1);
797 strbuf_release(&buf);
798 } else if (argc > 0 && argc <= 2) {
799 struct branch *branch = branch_get(argv[0]);
800 int branch_existed = 0, remote_tracking = 0;
801 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
803 if (!strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD"))
804 die(_("it does not make sense to create 'HEAD' manually"));
807 die(_("no such branch '%s'"), argv[0]);
809 if (filter.kind != FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES)
810 die(_("-a and -r options to 'git branch' do not make sense with a branch name"));
812 if (track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE)
813 fprintf(stderr, _("The --set-upstream flag is deprecated and will be removed. Consider using --track or --set-upstream-to\n"));
815 strbuf_addf(&buf, "refs/remotes/%s", branch->name);
816 remote_tracking = ref_exists(buf.buf);
817 strbuf_release(&buf);
819 branch_existed = ref_exists(branch->refname);
820 create_branch(head, argv[0], (argc == 2) ? argv[1] : head,
821 force, reflog, 0, quiet, track);
824 * We only show the instructions if the user gave us
825 * one branch which doesn't exist locally, but is the
826 * name of a remote-tracking branch.
828 if (argc == 1 && track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE &&
829 !branch_existed && remote_tracking) {
830 fprintf(stderr, _("\nIf you wanted to make '%s' track '%s', do this:\n\n"), head, branch->name);
831 fprintf(stderr, _(" git branch -d %s\n"), branch->name);
832 fprintf(stderr, _(" git branch --set-upstream-to %s\n"), branch->name);
836 usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);