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From: "Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>,
	Yoichi Nakayama <yoichi.nakayama@gmail.com>,
	"D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com>,
	Yoichi NAKAYAMA <yoichi.nakayama@gmail.com>,
	Yoichi NAKAYAMA <yoichi.nakayama@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 1/4] checkout: extract function to display advice for ambiguous remotes
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:04:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e3f7d885209e6cf9487bea296bc81df43f3758db.1787691875.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2197.v8.git.1787691875.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Yoichi NAKAYAMA <yoichi.nakayama@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Yoichi NAKAYAMA <yoichi.nakayama@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/checkout.c | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 55e3a89a85..650eda735f 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -1343,6 +1343,34 @@ enum checkout_command {
 	CHECKOUT_RESTORE = 3,
 };
 
+static void advice_disambiguating_remotes(enum checkout_command which_command)
+{
+	const char *cmdname;
+
+	switch (which_command) {
+	case CHECKOUT_CHECKOUT:
+		cmdname = "checkout";
+		break;
+	case CHECKOUT_SWITCH:
+		cmdname = "switch";
+		break;
+	default:
+		BUG("command <%d> should not reach parse_remote_branch",
+		    which_command);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	advise(_("If you meant to check out a remote tracking branch on, e.g. 'origin',\n"
+		 "you can do so by fully qualifying the name with the --track option:\n"
+		 "\n"
+		 "    git %s --track origin/<name>\n"
+		 "\n"
+		 "If you'd like to always have checkouts of an ambiguous <name> prefer\n"
+		 "one remote, e.g. the 'origin' remote, consider setting\n"
+		 "checkout.defaultRemote=origin in your config."),
+	       cmdname);
+}
+
 static char *parse_remote_branch(const char *arg,
 				 struct object_id *rev,
 				 int could_be_checkout_paths,
@@ -1358,35 +1386,11 @@ static char *parse_remote_branch(const char *arg,
 	}
 
 	if (!remote && num_matches > 1) {
-	    if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_CHECKOUT_AMBIGUOUS_REMOTE_BRANCH_NAME)) {
-		    const char *cmdname;
-
-		    switch (which_command) {
-		    case CHECKOUT_CHECKOUT:
-			    cmdname = "checkout";
-			    break;
-		    case CHECKOUT_SWITCH:
-			    cmdname = "switch";
-			    break;
-		    default:
-			    BUG("command <%d> should not reach parse_remote_branch",
-				which_command);
-			    break;
-		    }
-
-		    advise(_("If you meant to check out a remote tracking branch on, e.g. 'origin',\n"
-			     "you can do so by fully qualifying the name with the --track option:\n"
-			     "\n"
-			     "    git %s --track origin/<name>\n"
-			     "\n"
-			     "If you'd like to always have checkouts of an ambiguous <name> prefer\n"
-			     "one remote, e.g. the 'origin' remote, consider setting\n"
-			     "checkout.defaultRemote=origin in your config."),
-			   cmdname);
-	    }
-
-	    die(_("'%s' matched multiple (%d) remote tracking branches"),
-		arg, num_matches);
+		if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_CHECKOUT_AMBIGUOUS_REMOTE_BRANCH_NAME))
+			advice_disambiguating_remotes(which_command);
+
+		die(_("'%s' matched multiple (%d) remote tracking branches"),
+		    arg, num_matches);
 	}
 
 	return remote;
-- 
gitgitgadget


  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-25 21:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-08  8:21 [PATCH] worktree add: improve message for ambiguous remote branch name Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-08 17:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-08 21:57   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-09  7:45     ` Harald Nordgren
2026-08-09 18:19       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-10 10:12         ` Harald Nordgren
2026-08-09 18:17     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-10 13:04     ` Yoichi Nakayama
2026-08-10 13:00   ` Yoichi Nakayama
2026-08-10 13:07 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-08-10 13:35   ` Yoichi Nakayama
2026-08-10 15:06     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-10 21:36   ` Yoichi Nakayama
2026-08-11 16:38     ` Ben Knoble
2026-08-12 13:14       ` Yoichi Nakayama
2026-08-10 15:07 ` [PATCH v2] " Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-10 20:55 ` [PATCH v3] " Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-11  0:03   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-11  6:31     ` Yoichi Nakayama
2026-08-12 19:22       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-15  4:36         ` Yoichi Nakayama
2026-08-11  6:35 ` [PATCH v4] " Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-19 12:50 ` [PATCH v5 0/2] " Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-19 12:50   ` [PATCH v5 1/2] checkout: " Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-19 22:54     ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-08-20  2:18       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-20 15:41         ` Yoichi Nakayama
2026-08-19 12:50   ` [PATCH v5 2/2] worktree add: " Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-20 21:03 ` [PATCH v6 0/3] " Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-20 21:03   ` [PATCH v6 1/3] checkout: extract function to display advice for ambiguous remotes Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-20 21:03   ` [PATCH v6 2/3] checkout: improve message for ambiguous remote branch name Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-20 21:03   ` [PATCH v6 3/3] worktree add: " Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-21  3:54     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-21 23:15       ` Yoichi Nakayama
2026-08-21 23:49         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-22  0:50           ` Yoichi Nakayama
2026-08-22 17:22             ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-24 22:25               ` Yoichi Nakayama
2026-08-22  3:22 ` [PATCH v7 0/3] " Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-22  3:22   ` [PATCH v7 1/3] checkout: extract function to display advice for ambiguous remotes Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-22  3:22   ` [PATCH v7 2/3] checkout: improve message for ambiguous remote branch name Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-22  3:22   ` [PATCH v7 3/3] worktree add: " Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-22 18:08   ` [PATCH v7 0/3] " Junio C Hamano
2026-08-25 21:04 ` [PATCH v8 0/4] " Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-25 21:04   ` Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget [this message]
2026-08-25 21:04   ` [PATCH v8 2/4] checkout: " Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-25 21:04   ` [PATCH v8 3/4] worktree add: " Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-25 21:04   ` [PATCH v8 4/4] worktree add: treat multiple matches with --guess-remote as an error Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-25 21:31     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-26 10:45 ` [PATCH v9 0/4] worktree add: improve message for ambiguous remote branch name Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-26 10:45   ` [PATCH v9 1/4] checkout: extract function to display advice for ambiguous remotes Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-26 15:24     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-26 10:45   ` [PATCH v9 2/4] checkout: improve message for ambiguous remote branch name Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-26 16:46     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-26 10:45   ` [PATCH v9 3/4] worktree add: " Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget
2026-08-26 10:45   ` [PATCH v9 4/4] worktree add: treat multiple matches with --guess-remote as an error Yoichi NAKAYAMA via GitGitGadget

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