Duy Nguyen <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 07:16:29PM -0400, Spencer Baugh wrote: >> --- a/builtin/checkout.c >> +++ b/builtin/checkout.c >> @@ -1237,6 +1237,7 @@ static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv, >> char *head_ref = resolve_refdup("HEAD", 0, sha1, &flag); >> if (head_ref && >> (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF) || strcmp(head_ref, new->path)) && >> + !(opts->patch_mode || opts->pathspec.nr) && >> !opts->ignore_other_worktrees) >> check_linked_checkouts(new); >> free(head_ref); > > Simple and effective. But if in future we add more options for > non-switching-branch checkout, we need to update both places, here and > near the end of cmd_checkout(). > > Perhaps we can move all this block inside checkout_branch() so we only > need to test "opts->patch_mode || opts->pathspec.nr" once, at the end > of cmd_checkout(). Something like below? > > I'm not opposed to your change, but if you go with it, you should > cherry pick my test in the below patch. Or create a similar test. Sorry for late reply, but I think your change is much better than mine so I'd suggest just using that instead. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html