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authorAmos Waterland <apw@rossby.metr.ou.edu>2005-09-07 21:13:26 -0500
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-09-07 22:08:30 -0700
commita3b427b9fa1fdfd6d0c119d1f9db075ff92ffdf7 (patch)
treee0027c4eb430e15a82af1646ee44c5f2fe851314 /t
parentf0ebff0dfebc667e5edf6f67d190fd960513ab66 (diff)
downloadgit-a3b427b9fa1fdfd6d0c119d1f9db075ff92ffdf7.tar.gz
[PATCH] Do not create bogus branch from flag to git branch
If you run `git branch --help', you will unexpectedly have created a new branch named "--help". This simple patch adds logic and a usage statement to catch this and similar problems, and adds a testcase for it. Signed-off-by: Amos Waterland <apw@rossby.metr.ou.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2005 Amos Waterland
+#
+
+test_description='git branch --foo should not create bogus branch
+
+This test runs git branch --help and checks that the argument is properly
+handled. Specifically, that a bogus branch is not created.
+'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success \
+ 'prepare an trivial repository' \
+ 'echo Hello > A &&
+ ../../git-update-index --add A &&
+ ../../git-commit.sh -m "Initial commit."'
+
+test_expect_failure \
+ 'git branch --help should return error code' \
+ '../../git-branch.sh --help'
+
+test_expect_failure \
+ 'git branch --help should not have created a bogus branch' \
+ 'test -f .git/refs/heads/--help'
+
+test_done