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-rw-r--r--builtin-branch.c24
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index 487965b540..c760e188ea 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ static void print_ref_list(int kinds, int detached, int verbose, int abbrev)
free_ref_list(&ref_list);
}
-static void create_branch(const char *name, const char *start,
+static void create_branch(const char *name, const char *start_name,
+ unsigned char *start_sha1,
int force, int reflog)
{
struct ref_lock *lock;
@@ -327,9 +328,14 @@ static void create_branch(const char *name, const char *start,
die("Cannot force update the current branch.");
}
- if (get_sha1(start, sha1) ||
- (commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1)) == NULL)
- die("Not a valid branch point: '%s'.", start);
+ if (start_sha1)
+ /* detached HEAD */
+ hashcpy(sha1, start_sha1);
+ else if (get_sha1(start_name, sha1))
+ die("Not a valid object name: '%s'.", start_name);
+
+ if ((commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1)) == NULL)
+ die("Not a valid branch point: '%s'.", start_name);
hashcpy(sha1, commit->object.sha1);
lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(ref, NULL);
@@ -338,7 +344,8 @@ static void create_branch(const char *name, const char *start,
if (reflog) {
log_all_ref_updates = 1;
- snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "branch: Created from %s", start);
+ snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "branch: Created from %s",
+ start_name);
}
if (write_ref_sha1(lock, sha1, msg) < 0)
@@ -350,6 +357,9 @@ static void rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int force)
char oldref[PATH_MAX], newref[PATH_MAX], logmsg[PATH_MAX*2 + 100];
unsigned char sha1[20];
+ if (!oldname)
+ die("cannot rename the curren branch while not on any.");
+
if (snprintf(oldref, sizeof(oldref), "refs/heads/%s", oldname) > sizeof(oldref))
die("Old branchname too long");
@@ -474,9 +484,9 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
else if (rename && (i == argc - 2))
rename_branch(argv[i], argv[i + 1], force_rename);
else if (i == argc - 1)
- create_branch(argv[i], head, force_create, reflog);
+ create_branch(argv[i], head, head_sha1, force_create, reflog);
else if (i == argc - 2)
- create_branch(argv[i], argv[i + 1], force_create, reflog);
+ create_branch(argv[i], argv[i+1], NULL, force_create, reflog);
else
usage(builtin_branch_usage);