Merge branch 'jc/branch-name-sanity'

"git branch" and "git checkout -b" are now forbidden from creating
a branch whose name is "HEAD".

* jc/branch-name-sanity:
  builtin/branch: remove redundant check for HEAD
  branch: correctly reject refs/heads/{-dash,HEAD}
  branch: split validate_new_branchname() into two
  branch: streamline "attr_only" handling in validate_new_branchname()

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
index 62f7b0d8c2..fe1e1c3676 100644
--- a/branch.c
+++ b/branch.c
@@ -178,24 +178,40 @@ int read_branch_desc(struct strbuf *buf, const char *branch_name)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int validate_new_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref,
-			    int force, int attr_only)
+/*
+ * Check if 'name' can be a valid name for a branch; die otherwise.
+ * Return 1 if the named branch already exists; return 0 otherwise.
+ * Fill ref with the full refname for the branch.
+ */
+int validate_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref)
 {
 	if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(ref, name))
 		die(_("'%s' is not a valid branch name."), name);
 
-	if (!ref_exists(ref->buf))
+	return ref_exists(ref->buf);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check if a branch 'name' can be created as a new branch; die otherwise.
+ * 'force' can be used when it is OK for the named branch already exists.
+ * Return 1 if the named branch already exists; return 0 otherwise.
+ * Fill ref with the full refname for the branch.
+ */
+int validate_new_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref, int force)
+{
+	const char *head;
+
+	if (!validate_branchname(name, ref))
 		return 0;
-	else if (!force && !attr_only)
-		die(_("A branch named '%s' already exists."), ref->buf + strlen("refs/heads/"));
 
-	if (!attr_only) {
-		const char *head;
+	if (!force)
+		die(_("A branch named '%s' already exists."),
+		    ref->buf + strlen("refs/heads/"));
+
+	head = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", 0, NULL, NULL);
+	if (!is_bare_repository() && head && !strcmp(head, ref->buf))
+		die(_("Cannot force update the current branch."));
 
-		head = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", 0, NULL, NULL);
-		if (!is_bare_repository() && head && !strcmp(head, ref->buf))
-			die(_("Cannot force update the current branch."));
-	}
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -242,9 +258,9 @@ void create_branch(const char *name, const char *start_name,
 	if (track == BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT || track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE)
 		explicit_tracking = 1;
 
-	if (validate_new_branchname(name, &ref, force,
-				    track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE ||
-				    clobber_head)) {
+	if ((track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE || clobber_head)
+	    ? validate_branchname(name, &ref)
+	    : validate_new_branchname(name, &ref, force)) {
 		if (!force)
 			dont_change_ref = 1;
 		else