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-rwxr-xr-xgit-branch.sh5
-rwxr-xr-xt/t3200-branch.sh8
-rw-r--r--update-ref.c5
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/git-branch.sh b/git-branch.sh
index 67f113acb9..11d52fd78e 100755
--- a/git-branch.sh
+++ b/git-branch.sh
@@ -102,6 +102,5 @@ rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$head") || exit
git-check-ref-format "heads/$branchname" ||
die "we do not like '$branchname' as a branch name."
-leading=`expr "refs/heads/$branchname" : '\(.*\)/'` &&
-mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/$leading" &&
-echo $rev > "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname"
+git update-ref "refs/heads/$branchname" $rev
+
diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index 5f98f64de1..36f7749bed 100755
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -24,4 +24,12 @@ test_expect_failure \
'git branch --help should not have created a bogus branch' \
'test -f .git/refs/heads/--help'
+test_expect_success \
+ 'git branch abc should create a branch' \
+ 'git-branch abc && test -f .git/refs/heads/abc'
+
+test_expect_success \
+ 'git branch a/b/c should create a branch' \
+ 'git-branch a/b/c && test -f .git/refs/heads/a/b/c'
+
test_done
diff --git a/update-ref.c b/update-ref.c
index d79dc52fd7..e6fbddbab6 100644
--- a/update-ref.c
+++ b/update-ref.c
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ static int re_verify(const char *path, unsigned char *oldsha1, unsigned char *cu
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
char *hex;
- const char *refname, *value, *oldval, *path, *lockpath;
+ const char *refname, *value, *oldval, *path;
+ char *lockpath;
unsigned char sha1[20], oldsha1[20], currsha1[20];
int fd, written;
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
}
path = strdup(path);
lockpath = mkpath("%s.lock", path);
+ if (safe_create_leading_directories(lockpath) < 0)
+ die("Unable to create all of %s", lockpath);
fd = open(lockpath, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY, 0666);
if (fd < 0)