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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin/checkout.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/checkout.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c index 3cf44b4683..1748d68c96 100644 --- a/builtin/checkout.c +++ b/builtin/checkout.c @@ -1572,6 +1572,10 @@ static void die_if_switching_to_a_branch_in_use(struct checkout_opts *opts, static int checkout_branch(struct checkout_opts *opts, struct branch_info *new_branch_info) { + int noop_switch = (!new_branch_info->name && + !opts->new_branch && + !opts->force_detach); + if (opts->pathspec.nr) die(_("paths cannot be used with switching branches")); @@ -1583,9 +1587,14 @@ static int checkout_branch(struct checkout_opts *opts, die(_("'%s' cannot be used with switching branches"), "--[no]-overlay"); - if (opts->writeout_stage) - die(_("'%s' cannot be used with switching branches"), - "--ours/--theirs"); + if (opts->writeout_stage) { + const char *msg; + if (noop_switch) + msg = _("'%s' needs the paths to check out"); + else + msg = _("'%s' cannot be used with switching branches"); + die(msg, "--ours/--theirs"); + } if (opts->force && opts->merge) die(_("'%s' cannot be used with '%s'"), "-f", "-m"); @@ -1612,10 +1621,8 @@ static int checkout_branch(struct checkout_opts *opts, die(_("Cannot switch branch to a non-commit '%s'"), new_branch_info->name); - if (!opts->switch_branch_doing_nothing_is_ok && - !new_branch_info->name && - !opts->new_branch && - !opts->force_detach) + if (noop_switch && + !opts->switch_branch_doing_nothing_is_ok) die(_("missing branch or commit argument")); if (!opts->implicit_detach && |