git-branch, git-checkout: autosetup for remote branch tracking

[thirdparty/git.git] / git-checkout.sh

diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index 14835a4aa982af88d758ea014afacf7b2fb1bb1e..6caa9fdcc660b6fee063bfccbc51e46331e911c7 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ new=
 new_name=
 force=
 branch=
+track=
 newbranch=
 newbranch_log=
 merge=
@@ -33,7 +34,10 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
                        die "git checkout: we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name."
                ;;
        "-l")
-               newbranch_log=1
+               newbranch_log=-l
+               ;;
+       "--track"|"--no-track")
+               track="$arg"
                ;;
        "-f")
                force=1
@@ -85,6 +89,11 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
     esac
 done
 
+case "$new_branch,$track" in
+,--*)
+       die "git checkout: --track and --no-track require -b"
+esac
+
 case "$force$merge" in
 11)
        die "git checkout: -f and -m are incompatible"
@@ -235,11 +244,7 @@ fi
 #
 if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
        if [ "$newbranch" ]; then
-               if [ "$newbranch_log" ]; then
-                       mkdir -p $(dirname "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$newbranch")
-                       touch "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$newbranch"
-               fi
-               git-update-ref -m "checkout: Created from $new_name" "refs/heads/$newbranch" $new || exit
+               git-branch $track $newbranch_log "$newbranch" "$new_name" || exit
                branch="$newbranch"
        fi
        if test -n "$branch"