Test git checkout -b with and without --track and demonstrate unexpected error messages when it's given an extra (i.e. unsupported) path argument. In both cases it reports: $ git checkout -b foo origin/master bar fatal: 'bar' is not a commit and a branch 'foo' cannot be created from it The problem is that the start point we gave for the new branch is "origin/master" and "bar" is just some extra argument -- it could even be a valid commit, which would make the message even more confusing. We have more fitting error messages in git commit, but get confused; use the text of the rights ones in the tests. Reported-by: Dana Dahlstrom <dahlstrom@xxxxxxxxxx> Original-test-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> --- t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh | 10 ++++++++++ t/t2027-checkout-track.sh | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100755 t/t2027-checkout-track.sh diff --git a/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh b/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh index 21583154d8..d99b699396 100755 --- a/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh +++ b/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh @@ -260,4 +260,14 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout -b to a new branch preserves mergeable changes des test_cmp expect actual ' +test_expect_success 'checkout -b rejects an invalid start point' ' + test_must_fail git checkout -b branch4 file1 2>err && + test_i18ngrep "is not a commit" err +' + +test_expect_failure 'checkout -b rejects an extra path argument' ' + test_must_fail git checkout -b branch5 branch1 file1 2>err && + test_i18ngrep "Cannot update paths and switch to branch" err +' + test_done diff --git a/t/t2027-checkout-track.sh b/t/t2027-checkout-track.sh new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..d0b41d7cd0 --- /dev/null +++ b/t/t2027-checkout-track.sh @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +test_description='tests for git branch --track' + +. ./test-lib.sh + +test_expect_success 'setup' ' + test_commit one && + test_commit two +' + +test_expect_success 'checkout --track -b creates a new tracking branch' ' + git checkout --track -b branch1 master && + test $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) = branch1 && + test $(git config --get branch.branch1.remote) = . && + test $(git config --get branch.branch1.merge) = refs/heads/master +' + +test_expect_failure 'checkout --track -b rejects an extra path argument' ' + test_must_fail git checkout --track -b branch2 master one.t 2>err && + test_i18ngrep "cannot be used with updating paths" err +' + +test_done -- 2.26.2
