On 04/08, Eric Sunshine wrote: > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [...] > > However we can do a little better than that, and check the branch out if > > it is not checked out anywhere else. This will help users who just want > > to check an existing branch out into a new worktree, and save a few > > keystrokes. > > [...] > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt > > @@ -61,8 +61,13 @@ $ git worktree add --track -b <branch> <path> <remote>/<branch> > > If `<commit-ish>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detach` used, > > +then, as a convenience, a worktree with a branch named after > > +`$(basename <path>)` (call it `<branch>`) is created. > > I had a hard time digesting this. I _think_ it wants to say: > > If `<commit-ish>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor > `--detach` is used, then, as a convenience, the new worktree is > associated with a branch (call it `<branch>`) named after > `$(basename <path>)`. Yeah, this is what it wants to say, and what you have sounds much nicer, will change. > > If `<branch>` > > +doesn't exist, a new branch based on HEAD is automatically created as > > +if `-b <branch>` was given. If `<branch>` exists in the repository, > > Maybe: s/exists in the repository/does exist/ > Or: s/.../is a local branch/ > > Though, the latter may be getting too pedantic. > > > +it will be checked out in the new worktree, if it's not checked out > > +anywhere else, otherwise the command will refuse to create the > > +worktree (unless `--force` is used). > > diff --git a/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh b/t/t2025-worktree-add.sh > > @@ -198,13 +198,24 @@ test_expect_success '"add" with <branch> omitted' ' > > +test_expect_success '"add" checks out existing branch of dwimd name' ' > > + git branch dwim HEAD~1 && > > + git worktree add dwim && > > + test_cmp_rev HEAD~1 dwim && > > + ( > > + cd dwim && > > + test_cmp_rev dwim HEAD > > Nit: Argument order of the two test_cmp_rev() invocations differs. > > > + ) > > +' > > + > > +test_expect_success '"add <path>" dwim fails with checked out branch' ' > > + git checkout -b test-branch && > > + test_must_fail git worktree add test-branch && > > + test_path_is_missing test-branch > > +' > > + > > +test_expect_success '"add --force" with existing dwimd name doesnt die' ' > > + git worktree add --force test-branch > > ' > > Maybe make this last test slightly more robust by having it "git > checkout test-branch" before "git worktree add ..." to protect against > someone inserting a new test (which checks out some other branch) > between these two. Probably not worth a re-roll. As I'll have to re-roll anyway for the other suggestions, I'll change this as well. Thanks for your review!