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For easier understanding, here are the existing good scenarios:
1) Have *no* file 'foo', *no* local branch 'foo' and a *single*
remote branch 'foo'
2) `git checkout foo` will create local branch foo, see [1]
and
1) Have *a* file 'foo', *no* local branch 'foo' and a *single*
remote branch 'foo'
2) `git checkout foo` will complain, see [3]
This patch prevents the following scenario:
1) Have *a* file 'foo', *no* local branch 'foo' and *multiple*
remote branches 'foo'
2) `git checkout foo` will successfully... revert contents of
file `foo`!
That is, adding another remote suddenly changes behavior significantly,
which is a surprise at best and could go unnoticed by user at worst.
Please see [3] which gives some real world complaints.
To my understanding, fix in [3] overlooked the case of multiple remotes,
and the whole behavior of falling back to reverting file was never
intended:
[1] introduces the unexpected behavior. Before, there was fallback
from not-a-ref to pathspec. This is reasonable fallback. After, there
is another fallback from ambiguous-remote to pathspec. I understand
that it was a copy&paste oversight.
[2] noticed the unexpected behavior but chose to semi-document it
instead of forbidding, because the goal of the patch series was
focused on something else.
[3] adds `die()` when there is ambiguity between branch and file. The
case of multiple tracking branches is seemingly overlooked.
The new behavior: if there is no local branch and multiple remote
candidates, just die() and don't try reverting file whether it
exists (prevents surprise) or not (improves error message).
[1] Commit 70c9ac2f ("DWIM "git checkout frotz" to "git checkout -b frotz origin/frotz"" 2009-10-18)
https://public-inbox.org/git/7vaazpxha4.fsf_-_@alter.siamese.dyndns.org/
[2] Commit ad8d5104 ("checkout: add advice for ambiguous "checkout <branch>"", 2018-06-05)
https://public-inbox.org/git/20180502105452.17583-1-avarab@gmail.com/
[3] Commit be4908f1 ("checkout: disambiguate dwim tracking branches and local files", 2018-11-13)
https://public-inbox.org/git/20181110120707.25846-1-pclouds@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Alexandr Miloslavskiy <alexandr.miloslavskiy@syntevo.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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