[PATCH 8/9] checkout ":" is not giving any pathspec

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

"git cmd :" should be exactly the same as running "git cmd" from the
root level of the working tree.  Do not decide solely on the value of
argc (i.e. remaining parameters after options and revs are parsed),
but make sure we actually do have pathspec to switch operation modes.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 builtin/checkout.c |    9 +++------
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 2bf02f2..fe46725 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -890,6 +890,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	char *conflict_style = NULL;
 	int patch_mode = 0;
 	int dwim_new_local_branch = 1;
+	const char **pathspec;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet, "suppress progress reporting"),
 		OPT_STRING('b', NULL, &opts.new_branch, "branch",
@@ -1004,12 +1005,8 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (opts.track == BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED)
 		opts.track = git_branch_track;
 
-	if (argc) {
-		const char **pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);
-
-		if (!pathspec)
-			die("invalid path specification");
-
+	pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);
+	if (argc && pathspec) {
 		if (patch_mode)
 			return interactive_checkout(new.name, pathspec, &opts);
 
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