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| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/checkout.c | 16 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t2025-checkout-to.sh | 10 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c index 2079aa4170..5ada22a390 100644 --- a/builtin/checkout.c +++ b/builtin/checkout.c @@ -863,6 +863,7 @@ static int prepare_linked_checkout(const struct checkout_opts *opts, struct stat st; struct child_process cp; int counter = 0, len, ret; + unsigned char rev[20]; if (!new->commit) die(_("no branch specified")); @@ -920,13 +921,20 @@ static int prepare_linked_checkout(const struct checkout_opts *opts, real_path(get_git_common_dir()), name); /* * This is to keep resolve_ref() happy. We need a valid HEAD - * or is_git_directory() will reject the directory. Any valid - * value would do because this value will be ignored and - * replaced at the next (real) checkout. + * or is_git_directory() will reject the directory. Moreover, HEAD + * in the new worktree must resolve to the same value as HEAD in + * the current tree since the command invoked to populate the new + * worktree will be handed the branch/ref specified by the user. + * For instance, if the user asks for the new worktree to be based + * at HEAD~5, then the resolved HEAD~5 in the new worktree must + * match the resolved HEAD~5 in the current tree in order to match + * the user's expectation. */ + if (!resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", 0, rev, NULL)) + die(_("unable to resolve HEAD")); strbuf_reset(&sb); strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/HEAD", sb_repo.buf); - write_file(sb.buf, 1, "%s\n", sha1_to_hex(new->commit->object.sha1)); + write_file(sb.buf, 1, "%s\n", sha1_to_hex(rev)); strbuf_reset(&sb); strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/commondir", sb_repo.buf); write_file(sb.buf, 1, "../..\n"); diff --git a/t/t2025-checkout-to.sh b/t/t2025-checkout-to.sh index a8d93366f6..0fd731b4bc 100755 --- a/t/t2025-checkout-to.sh +++ b/t/t2025-checkout-to.sh @@ -134,4 +134,14 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout with grafts' ' test_cmp expected actual ' +test_expect_success 'checkout --to from relative HEAD' ' + test_commit a && + test_commit b && + test_commit c && + git rev-parse HEAD~1 >expected && + git checkout --to relhead HEAD~1 && + git -C relhead rev-parse HEAD >actual && + test_cmp expected actual +' + test_done |