This patch adds --track and --no-track options to "git checkout". In order to
do so, it modifies the script to use "git branch" to create the branch, and
passes the two options to "git branch". The two new options are only
allowed when -b is given on the command-line, and they are only effective
when the branch is created off a remote branch.
The defaults for remote branch tracking are as for "git branch": it is off by
default, but it can be enabled with the configuration variable
"remote.REMOTENAME.trackintolocalbranches".
---
Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 15 +++++++++++++--
git-checkout.sh | 17 +++++++++++------
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 1ae77be..f5b2d50 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-checkout - Checkout and switch to a branch
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [-b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
+'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [-b [--track | --no-track] <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
'git-checkout' [<tree-ish>] <paths>...
DESCRIPTION
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ When <paths> are not given, this command switches branches by
updating the index and working tree to reflect the specified
branch, <branch>, and updating HEAD to be <branch> or, if
specified, <new_branch>. Using -b will cause <new_branch> to
-be created.
+be created; in this case you can use the --track or --no-track
+options, which will be passed to `git branch`.
When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch
branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from
@@ -45,6 +46,16 @@ OPTIONS
by gitlink:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks
may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name.
+--track::
+ When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
+ setup so that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from
+ the remote branch.
+
+--no-track::
+ When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
+ don't setup so that git-pull will not retrieve data from the
+ remote branch independent of the configuration settings.
+
-l::
Create the new branch's ref log. This activates recording of
all changes to made the branch ref, enabling use of date
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index 14835a4..6caa9fd 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ new=
new_name=
force=
branch=
+track=
newbranch=
newbranch_log=
merge=
@@ -33,7 +34,10 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
die "git checkout: we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name."
;;
"-l")
- newbranch_log=1
+ newbranch_log=-l
+ ;;
+ "--track"|"--no-track")
+ track="$arg"
;;
"-f")
force=1
@@ -85,6 +89,11 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
esac
done
+case "$new_branch,$track" in
+,--*)
+ die "git checkout: --track and --no-track require -b"
+esac
+
case "$force$merge" in
11)
die "git checkout: -f and -m are incompatible"
@@ -235,11 +244,7 @@ fi
#
if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
if [ "$newbranch" ]; then
- if [ "$newbranch_log" ]; then
- mkdir -p $(dirname "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$newbranch")
- touch "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$newbranch"
- fi
- git-update-ref -m "checkout: Created from $new_name" "refs/heads/$newbranch" $new || exit
+ git-branch $track $newbranch_log "$newbranch" "$new_name" || exit
branch="$newbranch"
fi
if test -n "$branch"
--
1.4.4.2
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