Re: [PATCH] Extend "checkout --track" DWIM to support more cases

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

Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:

> Johannes Schindelin, Wed, Aug 20, 2008 22:16:19 +0200:
>> > 
>> > No. It strips refs/ OR remotes/ (because of prefixcmp with argv[0]).
>> > And I still wanted refs/<namespace>/something...
>> 
>> Yes, you are correct.  However, to fix my thinko, I deem this preferable:
>> 
>> -- snipsnap --
>> 
>>  builtin-checkout.c |    6 ++++--
>>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
>> index e95eab9..2a076cf 100644
>> --- a/builtin-checkout.c
>> +++ b/builtin-checkout.c
>> @@ -448,8 +448,10 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>>  		if (!argc || !strcmp(argv[0], "--"))
>>  			die ("--track needs a branch name");
>>  		slash = strchr(argv[0], '/');
>> -		if (slash && !prefixcmp(argv[0], "refs/"))
>> -			slash = strchr(slash + 1, '/');
>> +		if (slash && !prefixcmp(argv[0], "refs/")) {
>> +			argv[0] = slash + 1;
>> +			slash = strchr(argv[0], '/');
>> +		}
>
> Yes, I agree (and its shorter). The git-checkout manpage can be
> improved, too (no DWIM is obvious, except may be for the implementor).

I think that makes sense.  Care to send an appliable patch with
documentation updates, please?