That way, it doesn't care how the refs are stored any more
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx>
---
Just as an example of how to use git-show-ref rather than knowing about
"$GIT_DIR/refs/..." paths.
This basically replaces my much hackier version that is in the "lt/refs"
branch, but can go into the master branch independently of the
refs-packing work.
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index 580a9e8..6e4c535 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
shift
[ -z "$newbranch" ] &&
die "git checkout: -b needs a branch name"
- [ -e "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$newbranch" ] &&
+ git-show-ref --verify --quiet -- "refs/heads/$newbranch" &&
die "git checkout: branch $newbranch already exists"
git-check-ref-format "heads/$newbranch" ||
die "git checkout: we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name."
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
fi
new="$rev"
new_name="$arg^0"
- if [ -f "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$arg" ]; then
+ if git-show-ref --verify --quiet -- "refs/heads/$arg" ]; then
branch="$arg"
fi
elif rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$arg^{tree}" 2>/dev/null)
-
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