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| author | Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com> | 2022-02-26 07:12:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2022-02-26 07:21:48 +0100 |
| commit | 808213ba36ea72408cc45117a825ad9a714535ba (patch) | |
| tree | 46ce0e0ac916122d22dfe7ddd552c36beff5714d /t/t2060-switch.sh | |
| parent | The seventh batch (diff) | |
| download | git-808213ba36ea72408cc45117a825ad9a714535ba.tar.xz git-808213ba36ea72408cc45117a825ad9a714535ba.zip | |
switch: mention the --detach option when dying due to lack of a branch
Users who are accustomed to doing `git checkout <tag>` assume that
`git switch <tag>` will do the same thing. Inform them of the --detach
option so they aren't left wondering why `git switch` doesn't work but
`git checkout` does.
Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t2060-switch.sh | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/t/t2060-switch.sh b/t/t2060-switch.sh index ebb961be29..5a7caf958c 100755 --- a/t/t2060-switch.sh +++ b/t/t2060-switch.sh @@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ test_expect_success 'switch and detach' ' test_must_fail git symbolic-ref HEAD ' +test_expect_success 'suggestion to detach' ' + test_must_fail git switch main^{commit} 2>stderr && + grep "try again with the --detach option" stderr +' + +test_expect_success 'suggestion to detach is suppressed with advice.suggestDetachingHead=false' ' + test_config advice.suggestDetachingHead false && + test_must_fail git switch main^{commit} 2>stderr && + ! grep "try again with the --detach option" stderr +' + test_expect_success 'switch and detach current branch' ' test_when_finished git switch main && git switch main && |