@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ struct checkout_opts {
int show_progress;
int dwim_new_local_branch;
int accept_pathspec;
+ int switch_branch_doing_nothing_not_ok;
/*
* If new checkout options are added, skip_merge_working_tree
@@ -1233,6 +1234,13 @@ static int checkout_branch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
die(_("Cannot switch branch to a non-commit '%s'"),
new_branch_info->name);
+ if (opts->switch_branch_doing_nothing_not_ok &&
+ !new_branch_info->name &&
+ !opts->new_branch &&
+ !opts->new_branch_force &&
+ !opts->force_detach)
+ die(_("nothing to do"));
+
if (new_branch_info->path && !opts->force_detach && !opts->new_branch &&
!opts->ignore_other_worktrees) {
int flag;
@@ -1475,6 +1483,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
opts.dwim_new_local_branch = 1;
+ opts.switch_branch_doing_nothing_not_ok = 0;
opts.accept_pathspec = 1;
options = parse_options_dup(checkout_options);
@@ -1503,6 +1512,7 @@ int cmd_switch_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
opts.dwim_new_local_branch = 1;
opts.accept_pathspec = 0;
+ opts.switch_branch_doing_nothing_not_ok = 1;
options = parse_options_dup(switch_options);
options = add_common_options(&opts, options);
"git checkout" can be executed without any arguments. What it does is not exactly great: it switches from HEAD to HEAD and showing worktree modification as a side effect. Make switch-branch reject this case. You have to either - really switch a branch - (explicitly) detach from the current branch - create a new branch Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> --- builtin/checkout.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)