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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-01-13 23:31:13 +0300 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-01-13 23:31:13 +0300 |
| commit | 1f73566af5bec28cd8489c6139a9ede95817349c (patch) | |
| tree | b1deca9888bc171d09420d927bbe694795cf5d83 /builtin-checkout.c | |
| parent | 5b9c0a699bdf9727d25eceb7b980dbede96bfd8e (diff) | |
| parent | 230a4566382860fc26a3f8d578a41c6504cf865f (diff) | |
Merge branch 'jc/checkout-merge-base'
* jc/checkout-merge-base:
rebase -i: teach --onto A...B syntax
rebase: fix --onto A...B parsing and add tests
"rebase --onto A...B" replays history on the merge base between A and B
"checkout A...B" switches to the merge base between A and B
Diffstat (limited to 'builtin-checkout.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin-checkout.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c index 2708669383..793542eb06 100644 --- a/builtin-checkout.c +++ b/builtin-checkout.c @@ -696,7 +696,10 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) * case 3: git checkout <something> [<paths>] * * With no paths, if <something> is a commit, that is to - * switch to the branch or detach HEAD at it. + * switch to the branch or detach HEAD at it. As a special case, + * if <something> is A...B (missing A or B means HEAD but you can + * omit at most one side), and if there is a unique merge base + * between A and B, A...B names that merge base. * * With no paths, if <something> is _not_ a commit, no -t nor -b * was given, and there is a tracking branch whose name is @@ -722,7 +725,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) if (!strcmp(arg, "-")) arg = "@{-1}"; - if (get_sha1(arg, rev)) { + if (get_sha1_mb(arg, rev)) { if (has_dash_dash) /* case (1) */ die("invalid reference: %s", arg); if (!patch_mode && |