Merge branch 'jc/name-branch'

* jc/name-branch:
  Don't permit ref/branch names to end with ".lock"
  check_ref_format(): tighten refname rules
  strbuf_check_branch_ref(): a helper to check a refname for a branch
  Fix branch -m @{-1} newname
  check-ref-format --branch: give Porcelain a way to grok branch shorthand
  strbuf_branchname(): a wrapper for branch name shorthands
  Rename interpret/substitute nth_last_branch functions

Conflicts:
	Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/builtin-check-ref-format.c b/builtin-check-ref-format.c
index 701de439ae..f9381e07ea 100644
--- a/builtin-check-ref-format.c
+++ b/builtin-check-ref-format.c
@@ -5,9 +5,18 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
 
 int cmd_check_ref_format(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
+	if (argc == 3 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--branch")) {
+		struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+		if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&sb, argv[2]))
+			die("'%s' is not a valid branch name", argv[2]);
+		printf("%s\n", sb.buf + 11);
+		exit(0);
+	}
 	if (argc != 2)
 		usage("git check-ref-format refname");
 	return !!check_ref_format(argv[1]);