Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 3 +++
builtin/checkout.c | 4 ++--
t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh | 6 +++---
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 261dd90..d15d224 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored.
-b::
Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at
<start_point>; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
++
+When used with `-f`, the branch is reset; changes in the index or the
+working tree are thrown away too.
-t::
--track::
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 1994be9..962d938 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(struct checkout_opts *opts,
}
}
else
- create_branch(old->name, opts->new_branch, new->name, 0,
+ create_branch(old->name, opts->new_branch, new->name, opts->force,
opts->new_branch_log, opts->track);
new->name = opts->new_branch;
setup_branch_path(new);
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ no_reference:
if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&buf, opts.new_branch))
die("git checkout: we do not like '%s' as a branch name.",
opts.new_branch);
- if (!get_sha1(buf.buf, rev))
+ if (!get_sha1(buf.buf, rev) && !opts.force)
die("git checkout: branch %s already exists", opts.new_branch);
strbuf_release(&buf);
}
diff --git a/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh b/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh
index e6c0f8c..9895ff5 100755
--- a/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh
@@ -63,19 +63,19 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout -b to an existing branch fails' '
test_must_fail do_checkout branch2 $HEAD2
'
-test_expect_failure 'checkout -f -b to an existing branch resets branch' '
+test_expect_success 'checkout -f -b to an existing branch resets branch' '
git checkout branch1 &&
do_checkout branch2 "" -f
'
-test_expect_failure 'checkout -f -b to an existing branch resets branch (explicit ref)' '
+test_expect_success 'checkout -f -b to an existing branch resets branch (explicit ref)' '
git checkout branch1 &&
do_checkout branch2 $HEAD1 -f
'
-test_expect_failure 'checkout -f -b to an existing branch resets branch (dirty) ' '
+test_expect_success 'checkout -f -b to an existing branch resets branch (dirty) ' '
git checkout branch1 &&
setup_dirty &&
--
1.7.1.513.g4f18
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