@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ argument is missing it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the tip of the current
branch).
The command's second form creates a new branch head named <branchname>
-which points to the current `HEAD`, or <start-point> if given.
+which points to the current `HEAD`, or <start-point> if given. As a
+special case, for <start-point>, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for
+the merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You
+can leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to
+`HEAD`.
Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the
working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the
@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`.
<start_point>::
The name of a commit at which to start the new branch; see
linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. Defaults to HEAD.
++
+As a special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the
+merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can
+leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`.
<tree-ish>::
Tree to checkout from (when paths are given). If not specified,
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ void create_branch(struct repository *r,
}
real_ref = NULL;
- if (get_oid(start_name, &oid)) {
+ if (get_oid_mb(start_name, &oid)) {
if (explicit_tracking) {
if (advice_set_upstream_failure) {
error(_(upstream_missing), start_name);
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout -b to a new branch, set to HEAD' '
do_checkout branch2
'
+test_expect_success 'checkout -b to a merge base' '
+ test_when_finished "
+ git checkout branch1 &&
+ test_might_fail git branch -D branch2" &&
+ git checkout -b branch2 branch1...
+'
+
test_expect_success 'checkout -b to a new branch, set to an explicit ref' '
test_when_finished "
git checkout branch1 &&
@@ -126,6 +133,12 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout -B to an existing branch resets branch to HEAD' '
do_checkout branch2 "" -B
'
+test_expect_success 'checkout -B to a merge base' '
+ git checkout branch1 &&
+
+ git checkout -B branch2 branch1...
+'
+
test_expect_success 'checkout -B to an existing branch from detached HEAD resets branch to HEAD' '
git checkout $(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch a/b/c should create a branch' '
git branch a/b/c && test_path_is_file .git/refs/heads/a/b/c
'
+test_expect_success 'git branch mb master... should create a branch' '
+ git branch mb master... && test_path_is_file .git/refs/heads/mb
+'
+
test_expect_success 'git branch HEAD should fail' '
test_must_fail git branch HEAD
'
@@ -292,8 +296,8 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch --list -v with --abbrev' '
test_expect_success 'git branch --column' '
COLUMNS=81 git branch --column=column >actual &&
cat >expected <<\EOF &&
- a/b/c bam foo l * master n o/p r
- abc bar j/k m/m master2 o/o q
+ a/b/c bam foo l * master mb o/o q
+ abc bar j/k m/m master2 n o/p r
EOF
test_cmp expected actual
'
@@ -315,6 +319,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch --column with an extremely long branch name' '
m/m
* master
master2
+ mb
n
o/o
o/p
@@ -332,8 +337,8 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch with column.*' '
git config --unset column.branch &&
git config --unset column.ui &&
cat >expected <<\EOF &&
- a/b/c bam foo l * master n o/p r
- abc bar j/k m/m master2 o/o q
+ a/b/c bam foo l * master mb o/o q
+ abc bar j/k m/m master2 n o/p r
EOF
test_cmp expected actual
'
@@ -357,6 +362,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch -v with column.ui ignored' '
m/m
* master
master2
+ mb
n
o/o
o/p
When we ran something like $ git checkout -b test master... it would fail with the message fatal: Not a valid object name: 'master...'. This was caused by the call to `create_branch` where `start_name` is expected to be a valid rev. However, git-checkout allows the branch to be a valid _merge base_ rev (i.e. with a "...") so it was possible for an invalid rev to be passed in. Make `create_branch` accept a merge base rev so that this case does not error out. As a side-effect, teach git-branch how to handle merge base revs as well. Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> --- Documentation/git-branch.txt | 6 +++++- Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 4 ++++ branch.c | 2 +- t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh | 13 +++++++++++++ t/t3200-branch.sh | 14 ++++++++++---- 5 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)