checkout: split off a function to peel away branchname arg
authorJonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Tue, 8 Feb 2011 10:29:09 +0000 (04:29 -0600)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Tue, 8 Feb 2011 19:14:25 +0000 (11:14 -0800)
The code to parse and consume the tree name and "--" in commands such
as "git checkout @{-1} -- '*.c'" is intimidatingly long.  Split it out
into a separate function and make it easier to skip on first reading
by making the data it uses and produces more explicit.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
builtin/checkout.c

index 953abdd0fae5345676806570951a325862148ebc..0e7a6a3952b86de694d027d184672f2f95035381 100644 (file)
@@ -675,11 +675,123 @@ static const char *unique_tracking_name(const char *name)
        return NULL;
 }
 
+static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv,
+                               int dwim_new_local_branch_ok,
+                               struct branch_info *new,
+                               struct tree **source_tree,
+                               unsigned char rev[20],
+                               const char **new_branch)
+{
+       int argcount = 0;
+       unsigned char branch_rev[20];
+       const char *arg;
+       int has_dash_dash;
+
+       /*
+        * case 1: git checkout <ref> -- [<paths>]
+        *
+        *   <ref> must be a valid tree, everything after the '--' must be
+        *   a path.
+        *
+        * case 2: git checkout -- [<paths>]
+        *
+        *   everything after the '--' must be paths.
+        *
+        * 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.  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
+        *   <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
+        *   to fork local <something> from that remote tracking branch.
+        *
+        *   Otherwise <something> shall not be ambiguous.
+        *   - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).
+        *   - If it's only a path, treat it like case (2).
+        *   - else: fail.
+        *
+        */
+       if (!argc)
+               return 0;
+
+       if (!strcmp(argv[0], "--"))     /* case (2) */
+               return 1;
+
+       arg = argv[0];
+       has_dash_dash = (argc > 1) && !strcmp(argv[1], "--");
+
+       if (!strcmp(arg, "-"))
+               arg = "@{-1}";
+
+       if (get_sha1_mb(arg, rev)) {
+               if (has_dash_dash)          /* case (1) */
+                       die("invalid reference: %s", arg);
+               if (dwim_new_local_branch_ok &&
+                   !check_filename(NULL, arg) &&
+                   argc == 1) {
+                       const char *remote = unique_tracking_name(arg);
+                       if (!remote || get_sha1(remote, rev))
+                               return argcount;
+                       *new_branch = arg;
+                       arg = remote;
+                       /* DWIMmed to create local branch */
+               } else {
+                       return argcount;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /* we can't end up being in (2) anymore, eat the argument */
+       argcount++;
+       argv++;
+       argc--;
+
+       new->name = arg;
+       setup_branch_path(new);
+
+       if (check_ref_format(new->path) == CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK &&
+           resolve_ref(new->path, branch_rev, 1, NULL))
+               hashcpy(rev, branch_rev);
+       else
+               new->path = NULL; /* not an existing branch */
+
+       new->commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1);
+       if (!new->commit) {
+               /* not a commit */
+               *source_tree = parse_tree_indirect(rev);
+       } else {
+               parse_commit(new->commit);
+               *source_tree = new->commit->tree;
+       }
+
+       if (!*source_tree)                   /* case (1): want a tree */
+               die("reference is not a tree: %s", arg);
+       if (!has_dash_dash) {/* case (3 -> 1) */
+               /*
+                * Do not complain the most common case
+                *      git checkout branch
+                * even if there happen to be a file called 'branch';
+                * it would be extremely annoying.
+                */
+               if (argc)
+                       verify_non_filename(NULL, arg);
+       } else {
+               argcount++;
+               argv++;
+               argc--;
+       }
+
+       return argcount;
+}
+
 int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
        struct checkout_opts opts;
-       unsigned char rev[20], branch_rev[20];
-       const char *arg;
+       unsigned char rev[20];
        struct branch_info new;
        struct tree *source_tree = NULL;
        char *conflict_style = NULL;
@@ -709,7 +821,6 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                  PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
                OPT_END(),
        };
-       int has_dash_dash;
 
        memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
        memset(&new, 0, sizeof(new));
@@ -766,108 +877,30 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                die("git checkout: -f and -m are incompatible");
 
        /*
-        * case 1: git checkout <ref> -- [<paths>]
-        *
-        *   <ref> must be a valid tree, everything after the '--' must be
-        *   a path.
-        *
-        * case 2: git checkout -- [<paths>]
-        *
-        *   everything after the '--' must be paths.
+        * Extract branch name from command line arguments, so
+        * all that is left is pathspecs.
         *
-        * 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.  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
-        *   <something> in one and only one remote, then this is a short-hand
-        *   to fork local <something> from that remote tracking branch.
+        * Handle
         *
-        *   Otherwise <something> shall not be ambiguous.
-        *   - If it's *only* a reference, treat it like case (1).
-        *   - If it's only a path, treat it like case (2).
-        *   - else: fail.
+        *  1) git checkout <tree> -- [<paths>]
+        *  2) git checkout -- [<paths>]
+        *  3) git checkout <something> [<paths>]
         *
+        * including "last branch" syntax and DWIM-ery for names of
+        * remote branches, erroring out for invalid or ambiguous cases.
         */
        if (argc) {
-               if (!strcmp(argv[0], "--")) {       /* case (2) */
-                       argv++;
-                       argc--;
-                       goto no_reference;
-               }
-
-               arg = argv[0];
-               has_dash_dash = (argc > 1) && !strcmp(argv[1], "--");
-
-               if (!strcmp(arg, "-"))
-                       arg = "@{-1}";
-
-               if (get_sha1_mb(arg, rev)) {
-                       if (has_dash_dash)          /* case (1) */
-                               die("invalid reference: %s", arg);
-                       if (!patch_mode &&
-                           dwim_new_local_branch &&
-                           opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED &&
-                           !opts.new_branch &&
-                           !check_filename(NULL, arg) &&
-                           argc == 1) {
-                               const char *remote = unique_tracking_name(arg);
-                               if (!remote || get_sha1(remote, rev))
-                                       goto no_reference;
-                               opts.new_branch = arg;
-                               arg = remote;
-                               /* DWIMmed to create local branch */
-                       }
-                       else
-                               goto no_reference;
-               }
-
-               /* we can't end up being in (2) anymore, eat the argument */
-               argv++;
-               argc--;
-
-               new.name = arg;
-               setup_branch_path(&new);
-
-               if (check_ref_format(new.path) == CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK &&
-                   resolve_ref(new.path, branch_rev, 1, NULL))
-                       hashcpy(rev, branch_rev);
-               else
-                       new.path = NULL; /* not an existing branch */
-
-               if (!(new.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1))) {
-                       /* not a commit */
-                       source_tree = parse_tree_indirect(rev);
-               } else {
-                       parse_commit(new.commit);
-                       source_tree = new.commit->tree;
-               }
-
-               if (!source_tree)                   /* case (1): want a tree */
-                       die("reference is not a tree: %s", arg);
-               if (!has_dash_dash) {/* case (3 -> 1) */
-                       /*
-                        * Do not complain the most common case
-                        *      git checkout branch
-                        * even if there happen to be a file called 'branch';
-                        * it would be extremely annoying.
-                        */
-                       if (argc)
-                               verify_non_filename(NULL, arg);
-               }
-               else {
-                       argv++;
-                       argc--;
-               }
+               int dwim_ok =
+                       !patch_mode &&
+                       dwim_new_local_branch &&
+                       opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED &&
+                       !opts.new_branch;
+               int n = parse_branchname_arg(argc, argv, dwim_ok,
+                               &new, &source_tree, rev, &opts.new_branch);
+               argv += n;
+               argc -= n;
        }
 
-no_reference:
-
        if (opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
                opts.track = git_branch_track;