Adjusted remaining usages of set_reference and set_commit to set a logmessage

4 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/index/base.py b/index/base.py
index a63dbb26..d813e6c1 100644
--- a/index/base.py
+++ b/index/base.py
@@ -933,7 +933,14 @@ class IndexFile(LazyMixin, diff.Diffable, Serializable):
 			If one of files or directories do not exist in the index
 			( as opposed to the	 original git command who ignores them ).
 			Raise GitCommandError if error lines could not be parsed - this truly is
-			an exceptional state"""
+			an exceptional state
+			
+		.. note:: The checkout is limited to checking out the files in the 
+			index. Files which are not in the index anymore and exist in 
+			the working tree will not be deleted. This behaviour is fundamentally
+			different to *head.checkout*, i.e. if you want git-checkout like behaviour, 
+			use head.checkout instead of index.checkout.
+			"""
 		args = ["--index"]
 		if force:
 			args.append("--force")
@@ -1055,7 +1062,7 @@ class IndexFile(LazyMixin, diff.Diffable, Serializable):
 			If False, the working tree will not be touched
 			Please note that changes to the working copy will be discarded without
 			warning !
-
+			
 		:param head:
 			If True, the head will be set to the given commit. This is False by default,
 			but if True, this method behaves like HEAD.reset.
@@ -1067,6 +1074,11 @@ class IndexFile(LazyMixin, diff.Diffable, Serializable):
 
 		:param kwargs:
 			Additional keyword arguments passed to git-reset
+			
+		.. note:: IndexFile.reset, as opposed to HEAD.reset, will not delete anyfiles
+			in order to maintain a consistent working tree. Instead, it will just
+			checkout the files according to their state in the index.
+			If you want git-reset like behaviour, use *HEAD.reset* instead.
 
 		:return: self """
 		# what we actually want to do is to merge the tree into our existing
@@ -1098,7 +1110,7 @@ class IndexFile(LazyMixin, diff.Diffable, Serializable):
 		# END handle working tree
 		
 		if head:
-			self.repo.head.commit = self.repo.commit(commit)
+			self.repo.head.set_commit(self.repo.commit(commit), logmsg="%s: Updating HEAD" % commit)
 		# END handle head change
 
 		return self
diff --git a/objects/commit.py b/objects/commit.py
index 883d6a6c..69a3adc4 100644
--- a/objects/commit.py
+++ b/objects/commit.py
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class Commit(base.Object, Iterable, Diffable, Traversable, Serializable):
 				# Happens on first commit
 				import git.refs
 				master = git.refs.Head.create(repo, repo.head.ref, commit=new_commit, logmsg="commit (initial): %s" % message)
-				repo.head.reference = master
+				repo.head.set_reference(master, logmsg='commit: Switching to %s' % master)
 			# END handle empty repositories
 		# END advance head handling 
 		
diff --git a/objects/submodule/base.py b/objects/submodule/base.py
index 5d32d600..36b48d78 100644
--- a/objects/submodule/base.py
+++ b/objects/submodule/base.py
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ class Submodule(util.IndexObject, Iterable, Traversable):
 				# END initial checkout + branch creation
 				
 				# make sure HEAD is not detached
-				mrepo.head.ref = local_branch
+				mrepo.head.set_reference(local_branch, logmsg="submodule: attaching head to %s" % local_branch)
 				mrepo.head.ref.set_tracking_branch(remote_branch)
 			except IndexError:
 				print >> sys.stderr, "Warning: Failed to checkout tracking branch %s" % self.branch_path 
diff --git a/test/test_repo.py b/test/test_repo.py
index 95b0750a..f517b9f1 100644
--- a/test/test_repo.py
+++ b/test/test_repo.py
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ class TestRepo(TestBase):
 		assert rev_parse('@{1}') != head.commit
 		
 		# position doesn't exist
-		self.failUnlessRaises(BadObject, rev_parse, '@{10000}')
+		self.failUnlessRaises(IndexError, rev_parse, '@{10000}')
 		
 		# currently, nothing more is supported
 		self.failUnlessRaises(NotImplementedError, rev_parse, "@{1 week ago}")