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-rw-r--r--Modules/ExternalProject.cmake5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake b/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake
index 97438e6..34dc98c 100644
--- a/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake
+++ b/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake
@@ -600,8 +600,11 @@ if(error_code)
message(FATAL_ERROR \"Failed to clone repository: '${git_repository}'\")
endif()
+# Use `git checkout <branch>` even though this risks ambiguity with a
+# local path. Unfortunately we cannot use `git checkout <tree-ish> --`
+# because that will not search for remote branch names, a common use case.
execute_process(
- COMMAND \"${git_EXECUTABLE}\" \${git_options} checkout ${git_tag} --
+ COMMAND \"${git_EXECUTABLE}\" \${git_options} checkout ${git_tag}
WORKING_DIRECTORY \"${work_dir}/${src_name}\"
RESULT_VARIABLE error_code
)