On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 09:22:51AM +0200, René Scharfe wrote: > 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. Did you mean "more fitting error message in git checkout"? > Original-test-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> I didn't think I really contributed much, but OK. :) > 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 > +' OK, covering the normal case without --track, both with and without the extra arg. Makes sense. > +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 > +' And these ones with --track, which produces a different error message. Makes sense. -Peff
