From 4bc7060538e11103c6e01209501d66373e340386 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 04:38:24 -0500
Subject: something to recover from nonexistant branches

---
 checkout.go | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+)

diff --git a/checkout.go b/checkout.go
index b71fd16..491644e 100644
--- a/checkout.go
+++ b/checkout.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package gitpb
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -16,6 +17,42 @@ func (repo *Repo) CheckoutMasterError() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// if you manage to leave yourself on a branch
+// that has been deleted, git porcelain will report
+// the repo as having changes (aka 'dirty')
+// then this code won't let you switch branches
+// this bypasses those checks and moves you
+// to a working branch. 1st 'devel', then 'master'
+func (r *Repo) CheckoutForce() error {
+	brName := r.GetDevelBranchName()
+	if r.IsLocalBranch(brName) {
+		if err := r.checkoutBranchErrorUnsafe(brName); err == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+	if r.IsRemoteBranch(brName) {
+		// ya, it could run this twice. whatever
+		if err := r.checkoutBranchErrorUnsafe(brName); err == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+	brName = r.GetMasterBranchName()
+	if r.IsLocalBranch(brName) {
+		if err := r.checkoutBranchErrorUnsafe(brName); err == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+	if r.IsRemoteBranch(brName) {
+		// things are jacked
+		if err := r.checkoutBranchErrorUnsafe(brName); err == nil {
+			return nil
+		} else {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return errors.New("no working devel or master branches todo: find one here")
+}
+
 // deprecate this
 func (repo *Repo) CheckoutMaster() bool {
 	bName := repo.GetMasterBranchName()
@@ -101,6 +138,20 @@ func (repo *Repo) checkoutBranchError(bName string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (repo *Repo) checkoutBranchErrorUnsafe(brName string) error {
+	cmd := []string{"git", "checkout", brName}
+	r := repo.Run(cmd)
+	if r.Exit != 0 {
+		log.Info("git checkout exit not zero", r.Exit)
+		return errors.New("git checkout returned -1")
+	}
+	if r.Error != nil {
+		log.Info("git checkout error:", r.Error)
+		return r.Error
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (repo *Repo) checkoutBranch(bName string) bool {
 	if !repo.BranchExists(bName) {
 		return false
-- 
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