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2014-03-31Merge branch 'an/branch-config-message'Junio C Hamano
* an/branch-config-message: branch.c: install_branch_config: simplify if chain
2014-03-24branch.c: install_branch_config: simplify if chainAdam
Simplify if chain in install_branch_config(). Signed-off-by: Adam <Adam@sigterm.info> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-03-18Merge branch 'bg/install-branch-config-skip-prefix'Junio C Hamano
* bg/install-branch-config-skip-prefix: branch: use skip_prefix() in install_branch_config() t3200-branch: test setting branch as own upstream
2014-03-18Merge branch 'jn/branch-lift-unnecessary-name-length-limit'Junio C Hamano
* jn/branch-lift-unnecessary-name-length-limit: branch.c: delete size check of newly tracked branch names
2014-03-06branch: use skip_prefix() in install_branch_config()Brian Gesiak
The install_branch_config() function reimplemented the skip_prefix() function inline. Reported-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Brian Gesiak <modocache@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-03-05branch.c: delete size check of newly tracked branch namesJacopo Notarstefano
Since commit 6f084a56 the length of a newly tracked branch name was limited to 1019 = 1024 - 7 - 7 - 1 characters, a bound derived by having to store this name in a char[1024] called key with two strings of length at most 7 and a '\0' character. This was no longer necessary as of commit a9f2c136, which uses a strbuf (documented in Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt) to store this value. Remove this unneeded check to allow branch names longer than 1019 characters. Signed-off-by: Jacopo Notarstefano <jacopo.notarstefano@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-12-05replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with()Christian Couder
Leaving only the function definitions and declarations so that any new topic in flight can still make use of the old functions, replace existing uses of the prefixcmp() and suffixcmp() with new API functions. The change can be recreated by mechanically applying this: $ git grep -l -e prefixcmp -e suffixcmp -- \*.c | grep -v strbuf\\.c | xargs perl -pi -e ' s|!prefixcmp\(|starts_with\(|g; s|prefixcmp\(|!starts_with\(|g; s|!suffixcmp\(|ends_with\(|g; s|suffixcmp\(|!ends_with\(|g; ' on the result of preparatory changes in this series. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-10-23Merge branch 'jh/checkout-auto-tracking' into maintJunio C Hamano
"git branch --track" had a minor regression in v1.8.3.2 and later that made it impossible to base your local work on anything but a local branch of the upstream repository you are tracking from. * jh/checkout-auto-tracking: t3200: fix failure on case-insensitive filesystems branch.c: Relax unnecessary requirement on upstream's remote ref name t3200: Add test demonstrating minor regression in 41c21f2 Refer to branch.<name>.remote/merge when documenting --track t3200: Minor fix when preparing for tracking failure t2024: Fix &&-chaining and a couple of typos
2013-09-20Merge branch 'bk/refs-multi-update'Junio C Hamano
Give "update-refs" a "--stdin" option to read multiple update requests and perform them in an all-or-none fashion. * bk/refs-multi-update: update-ref: add test cases covering --stdin signature update-ref: support multiple simultaneous updates refs: add update_refs for multiple simultaneous updates refs: add function to repack without multiple refs refs: factor delete_ref loose ref step into a helper refs: factor update_ref steps into helpers refs: report ref type from lock_any_ref_for_update reset: rename update_refs to reset_refs
2013-09-20Merge branch 'jh/checkout-auto-tracking'Junio C Hamano
Fix a minor regression in v1.8.3.2 and later that made it impossible to base your local work on anything but a local branch of the upstream repository you are tracking from. * jh/checkout-auto-tracking: t3200: fix failure on case-insensitive filesystems branch.c: Relax unnecessary requirement on upstream's remote ref name t3200: Add test demonstrating minor regression in 41c21f2 Refer to branch.<name>.remote/merge when documenting --track t3200: Minor fix when preparing for tracking failure t2024: Fix &&-chaining and a couple of typos
2013-09-09branch.c: Relax unnecessary requirement on upstream's remote ref namePer Cederqvist
When creating an upstream relationship, we use the configured remotes and their refspecs to determine the upstream configuration settings branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge. However, if the matching refspec does not have refs/heads/<something> on the remote side, we end up rejecting the match, and failing the upstream configuration. It could be argued that when we set up an branch's upstream, we want that upstream to also be a proper branch in the remote repo. Although this is typically the common case, there are cases (as demonstrated by the previous patch in this series) where this requirement prevents a useful upstream relationship from being formed. Furthermore: - We have fundamentally no say in how the remote repo have organized its branches. The remote repo may put branches (or branch-like constructs that are insteresting for downstreams to track) outside refs/heads/*. - The user may intentionally want to track a non-branch from a remote repo, by using a branch and configured upstream in the local repo. Relaxing the checking to only require a matching remote/refspec allows the testcase introduced in the previous patch to succeed, and has no negative effect on the rest of the test suite. This patch fixes a behavior (arguably a regression) first introduced in 41c21f2 (branch.c: Validate tracking branches with refspecs instead of refs/remotes/*) on 2013-04-21 (released in >= v1.8.3.2). Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-08-31branch: trivial style fixFelipe Contreras
Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-08-30refs: report ref type from lock_any_ref_for_updateBrad King
Expose lock_ref_sha1_basic's type_p argument to callers of lock_any_ref_for_update. Update all call sites to ignore it by passing NULL for now. Signed-off-by: Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-05-29Merge branch 'jh/checkout-auto-tracking'Junio C Hamano
Update "git checkout foo" that DWIMs the intended "upstream" and turns it into "git checkout -t -b foo remotes/origin/foo" to correctly take existing remote definitions into account. The remote "origin" may be what uniquely map its own branch to remotes/some/where/foo but that some/where may not be "origin". * jh/checkout-auto-tracking: glossary: Update and rephrase the definition of a remote-tracking branch branch.c: Validate tracking branches with refspecs instead of refs/remotes/* t9114.2: Don't use --track option against "svn-remote"-tracking branches t7201.24: Add refspec to keep --track working t3200.39: tracking setup should fail if there is no matching refspec. checkout: Use remote refspecs when DWIMming tracking branches t2024: Show failure to use refspec when DWIMming remote branch names t2024: Add tests verifying current DWIM behavior of 'git checkout <branch>'
2013-04-21branch.c: Validate tracking branches with refspecs instead of refs/remotes/*Johan Herland
The current code for validating tracking branches (e.g. the argument to the -t/--track option) hardcodes refs/heads/* and refs/remotes/* as the potential locations for tracking branches. This works with the refspecs created by "git clone" or "git remote add", but is suboptimal in other cases: - If "refs/remotes/foo/bar" exists without any association to a remote (i.e. there is no remote named "foo", or no remote with a refspec that matches "refs/remotes/foo/bar"), then it is impossible to set up a valid upstream config that tracks it. Currently, the code defaults to using "refs/remotes/foo/bar" from repo "." as the upstream, which works, but is probably not what the user had in mind when running "git branch baz --track foo/bar". - If the user has tweaked the fetch refspec for a remote to put its remote-tracking branches outside of refs/remotes/*, e.g. by running git config remote.foo.fetch "+refs/heads/*:refs/foo_stuff/*" then the current code will refuse to use its remote-tracking branches as --track arguments, since they do not match refs/remotes/*. This patch removes the "refs/remotes/*" requirement for upstream branches, and replaces it with explicit checking of the refspecs for each remote to determine whether a given --track argument is a valid remote-tracking branch. This solves both of the above problems, since the matching refspec guarantees that there is a both a remote name and a remote branch name that can be used for the upstream config. However, this means that refs located within refs/remotes/* without a corresponding remote/refspec will no longer be usable as upstreams. The few existing tests which depended on this behavioral quirk has already been fixed in the preceding patches. This patch fixes the last remaining test failure in t2024-checkout-dwim. Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-04-16i18n: branch: mark strings for translationJiang Xin
Signed-off-by: Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-04-02branch: give advice when tracking start-point is missingJeff King
If the user requests to --set-upstream-to a branch that does not exist, then either: 1. It was a typo. 2. They thought the branch should exist. In case (1), there is not much we can do beyond showing the name we tried to use. For case (2), though, we can help to guide them through common workflows. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-04-02branch: mention start_name in set-upstream error messagesJeff King
If we refuse a branch operation because the tracking start_name the user gave us is bogus, we just print something like: fatal: Cannot setup tracking information; start point is not a branch If we mention the actual name we tried to use, that may help the user figure out why it didn't work (e.g., if they gave us the arguments in the wrong order). Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-04-02branch: improve error message for missing --set-upstream-to refJeff King
If we are trying to set the upstream config for a branch, the create_branch function will check both that the name resolves as a ref, and that it is either a local or remote-tracking branch. However, before we do so we run get_sha1 on it to find out whether it resolves at all (since the create_branch function is also used to create actual branches, it wants to know where to start the new branch). This means that if you feed a ref that does not exist to "branch --set-upstream-to", rather than getting a helpful message about tracking, you only get "not a valid object name". Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-04-02branch: factor out "upstream is not a branch" error messagesJeff King
This message is duplicated, and is quite long. Let's factor it out, which avoids the repetition and the long lines. It will also make future patches easier as we tweak the message. While we're at it, let's also mark it for translation. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-06-07Remove i18n legos in notifying new branch tracking setupNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-03-27checkout: suppress tracking message with "-q"Jeff King
Like the "switched to..." message (which is already suppressed by "-q"), this message is purely informational. Let's silence it if the user asked us to be quiet. This patch is slightly more than a one-liner, because we have to teach create_branch to propagate the flag all the way down to install_branch_config. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-12-20Merge branch 'nd/resolve-ref'Junio C Hamano
* nd/resolve-ref: Rename resolve_ref() to resolve_ref_unsafe() Convert resolve_ref+xstrdup to new resolve_refdup function revert: convert resolve_ref() to read_ref_full()
2011-12-20Merge branch 'jn/maint-sequencer-fixes'Junio C Hamano
* jn/maint-sequencer-fixes: revert: stop creating and removing sequencer-old directory Revert "reset: Make reset remove the sequencer state" revert: do not remove state until sequence is finished revert: allow single-pick in the middle of cherry-pick sequence revert: pass around rev-list args in already-parsed form revert: allow cherry-pick --continue to commit before resuming revert: give --continue handling its own function
2011-12-14Merge branch 'jn/branch-move-to-self'Junio C Hamano
* jn/branch-move-to-self: Allow checkout -B <current-branch> to update the current branch branch: allow a no-op "branch -M <current-branch> HEAD"
2011-12-13Rename resolve_ref() to resolve_ref_unsafe()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
resolve_ref() may return a pointer to a shared buffer and can be overwritten by the next resolve_ref() calls. Callers need to pay attention, not to keep the pointer when the next call happens. Rename with "_unsafe" suffix to warn developers (or reviewers) before introducing new call sites. This patch is generated using the following command git grep -l 'resolve_ref(' -- '*.[ch]'|xargs sed -i 's/resolve_ref(/resolve_ref_unsafe(/g' Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-12-12Revert "reset: Make reset remove the sequencer state"Jonathan Nieder
This reverts commit 95eb88d8ee588d89b4f06d2753ed4d16ab13b39f, which was a UI experiment that did not reflect how "git reset" actually gets used. The reversion also fixes a test, indicated in the patch. Encouraged-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-12-09Merge branch 'jc/request-pull-show-head-4'Junio C Hamano
* jc/request-pull-show-head-4: request-pull: use the annotated tag contents fmt-merge-msg.c: Fix an "dubious one-bit signed bitfield" sparse error environment.c: Fix an sparse "symbol not declared" warning builtin/log.c: Fix an "Using plain integer as NULL pointer" warning fmt-merge-msg: use branch.$name.description request-pull: use the branch description request-pull: state what commit to expect request-pull: modernize style branch: teach --edit-description option format-patch: use branch description in cover letter branch: add read_branch_desc() helper function Conflicts: builtin/branch.c
2011-11-28Allow checkout -B <current-branch> to update the current branchJonathan Nieder
When on master, "git checkout -B master <commit>" is a more natural way to say "git reset --keep <commit>", which was originally invented for the exact purpose of moving to the named commit while keeping the local changes around. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-11-22revert: write REVERT_HEAD pseudoref during conflicted revertJonathan Nieder
When conflicts are encountered while reverting a commit, it can be handy to have the name of that commit easily available. For example, to produce a copy of the patch to refer to while resolving conflicts: $ git revert 2eceb2a8 error: could not revert 2eceb2a8... awesome, buggy feature $ git show -R REVERT_HEAD >the-patch $ edit $(git diff --name-only) Set a REVERT_HEAD pseudoref when "git revert" does not make a commit, for cases like this. This also makes it possible for scripts to distinguish between a revert that encountered conflicts and other sources of an unmerged index. After successfully committing, resetting with "git reset", or moving to another commit with "git checkout" or "git reset", the pseudoref is no longer useful, so remove it. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-10-05branch: add read_branch_desc() helper functionJunio C Hamano
This will be used by various callers that make use of the branch description throughout the system, so that if we need to update the implementation the callers do not have to be modified. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-10-05Merge branch 'rr/revert-cherry-pick-continue'Junio C Hamano
* rr/revert-cherry-pick-continue: builtin/revert.c: make commit_list_append() static revert: Propagate errors upwards from do_pick_commit revert: Introduce --continue to continue the operation revert: Don't implicitly stomp pending sequencer operation revert: Remove sequencer state when no commits are pending reset: Make reset remove the sequencer state revert: Introduce --reset to remove sequencer state revert: Make pick_commits functionally act on a commit list revert: Save command-line options for continuing operation revert: Save data for continuing after conflict resolution revert: Don't create invalid replay_opts in parse_args revert: Separate cmdline parsing from functional code revert: Introduce struct to keep command-line options revert: Eliminate global "commit" variable revert: Rename no_replay to record_origin revert: Don't check lone argument in get_encoding revert: Simplify and inline add_message_to_msg config: Introduce functions to write non-standard file advice: Introduce error_resolve_conflict
2011-09-17Merge branch 'ci/forbid-unwanted-current-branch-update'Junio C Hamano
* ci/forbid-unwanted-current-branch-update: branch --set-upstream: regression fix
2011-09-17branch --set-upstream: regression fixJunio C Hamano
The "git branch" command, while not in listing mode, calls create_branch() even when the target branch already exists, and it does so even when it is not interested in updating the value of the branch (i.e. the name of the commit object that sits at the tip of the existing branch). This happens when the command is run with "--set-upstream" option. The earlier safety-measure to prevent "git branch -f $branch $commit" from updating the currently checked out branch did not take it into account, and we no longer can update the tracking information of the current branch. Minimally fix this regression by telling the validation code if it is called to really update the value of a potentially existing branch, or if the caller merely is interested in updating auxiliary aspects of a branch. Reported-and-Tested-by: Jay Soffian Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-29Merge branch 'ci/forbid-unwanted-current-branch-update'Junio C Hamano
* ci/forbid-unwanted-current-branch-update: Show interpreted branch name in error messages Prevent force-updating of the current branch
2011-08-22Show interpreted branch name in error messagesConrad Irwin
Change the error message when doing: "git branch @{-1}", "git checkout -b @{-1}", or "git branch -m foo @{-1}" * was: A branch named '@{-1}' already exists. * now: A branch named 'bar' already exists. Signed-off-by: Conrad Irwin <conrad.irwin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-22Prevent force-updating of the current branchConrad Irwin
"git branch -M <foo> <current-branch>" allows updating the current branch which HEAD points, without the necessary house-keeping that git reset normally does to make this operation sensible. It also leaves the reflog in a confusing state (you would be warned when trying to read it). "git checkout -B <current branch> <foo>" is also partly vulnerable to this bug; due to inconsistent pre-flight checks it would perform half of its task and then abort just before rewriting the branch. Again this manifested itself as the index file getting out-of-sync with HEAD. "git branch -f" already guarded against this problem, and aborts with a fatal error. Update "git branch -M", "git checkout -B" and "git branch -f" to share the same check before allowing a branch to be created. These prevent you from updating the current branch. We considered suggesting the use of "git reset" in the failure message but concluded that it was not possible to discern what the user was actually trying to do. Signed-off-by: Conrad Irwin <conrad.irwin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-19branch.c: use the parsed branch nameMichael J Gruber
When setting up tracking info, branch.c uses the given branch specifier ("name"). Use the parsed name ("ref.buf") instead so that git branch --set-upstream @{-1} foo sets up tracking info for the previous branch rather than for a branch named "@{-1}". Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-08reset: Make reset remove the sequencer stateRamkumar Ramachandra
Years of muscle memory have trained users to use "git reset --hard" to remove the branch state after any sort operation. Make it also remove the sequencer state to facilitate this established workflow: $ git cherry-pick foo..bar ... conflict encountered ... $ git reset --hard # Oops, I didn't mean that $ git cherry-pick quux..bar ... cherry-pick succeeded ... Guard against accidental removal of the sequencer state by providing one level of "undo". In the first "reset" invocation, ".git/sequencer" is moved to ".git/sequencer-old"; it is completely removed only in the second invocation. Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-15Merge branch 'jh/maint-do-not-track-non-branches'Junio C Hamano
* jh/maint-do-not-track-non-branches: branch/checkout --track: Ensure that upstream branch is indeed a branch
2011-02-22Introduce CHERRY_PICK_HEADJay Soffian
When a cherry-pick conflicts git advises: $ git commit -c <original commit id> to preserve the original commit message and authorship. Instead, let's record the original commit id in CHERRY_PICK_HEAD and advise: $ git commit -c CHERRY_PICK_HEAD A later patch teaches git to handle the '-c CHERRY_PICK_HEAD' part. Note that we record CHERRY_PICK_HEAD even in the case where there are no conflicts so that we may use it to communicate authorship to commit; this will then allow us to remove set_author_ident_env from revert.c. However, we do not record CHERRY_PICK_HEAD when --no-commit is used, as presumably the user intends to further edit the commit and possibly even cherry-pick additional commits on top. Tests and documentation contributed by Jonathan Nieder. Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-02-17branch/checkout --track: Ensure that upstream branch is indeed a branchJohan Herland
When creating a new branch using the --track option, we must make sure that we don't try to set an upstream that does not make sense to follow (using 'git pull') or update (using 'git push'). The current code checks against using HEAD as upstream (since tracking a symref doesn't make sense). However, tracking a tag doesn't make sense either. Indeed, tracking _any_ ref that is not a (local or remote) branch doesn't make sense, and should be disallowed. This patch achieves this by checking that the ref we're trying to --track resides within refs/heads/* or refs/remotes/*. This new check replaces the previous check against HEAD. A couple of testcases are also added, verifying that we cannot create branches with tags as upstreams. Finally, some selftests relying on using a non-branch as an upstream have been reworked or removed: - t6040: Reverse the meaning of two tests that depend on the ability to use (lightweight and annotated) tags as upstreams. These two tests were originally added in commits 1be570f and 57ffc5f, and this patch reverts the intention of those two commits. - t7201: Remove part of a test (introduced in 9188ed8) relying on a non-branch as upstream. Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-08-09builtin/checkout: handle -B from detached HEAD correctlyTay Ray Chuan
Ensure that strcmp() isn't called when head is null. Previously we were getting segfaults when checkout -B was done from a detached HEAD. Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-04-10Merge branch 'rc/maint-reflog-msg-for-forced-branch'Junio C Hamano
* rc/maint-reflog-msg-for-forced-branch: branch: say "Reset to" in reflog entries for 'git branch -f' operations Conflicts: builtin-branch.c
2010-01-19branch: warn and refuse to set a branch as a tracking branch of itself.Matthieu Moy
Previous patch allows commands like "git branch --set-upstream foo foo", which doesn't make much sense. Warn the user and don't change the configuration in this case. Don't die to let the caller finish its job in such case. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-19Add branch --set-upstreamIlari Liusvaara
Add --set-upstream option to branch that works like --track, except that when branch exists already, its upstream info is changed without changing the ref value. Based-on-patch-from: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-06-27Convert existing die(..., strerror(errno)) to die_errno()Thomas Rast
Change calls to die(..., strerror(errno)) to use the new die_errno(). In the process, also make slight style adjustments: at least state _something_ about the function that failed (instead of just printing the pathname), and put paths in single quotes. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-03-23strbuf_check_branch_ref(): a helper to check a refname for a branchJunio C Hamano
This allows a common calling sequence strbuf_branchname(&ref, name); strbuf_splice(&ref, 0, 0, "refs/heads/", 11); if (check_ref_format(ref.buf)) die(...); to be refactored into if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&ref, name)) die(...); Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-03-23strbuf_branchname(): a wrapper for branch name shorthandsJunio C Hamano
The function takes a user-supplied string that is supposed to be a branch name, and puts it in a strbuf after expanding possible shorthand notation. A handful of open coded sequence to do this in the existing code have been changed to use this helper function. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-03-23Rename interpret/substitute nth_last_branch functionsJunio C Hamano
These allow you to say "git checkout @{-2}" to switch to the branch two "branch switching" ago by pretending as if you typed the name of that branch. As it is likely that we will be introducing more short-hands to write the name of a branch without writing it explicitly, rename the functions from "nth_last_branch" to more generic "branch_name", to prepare for different semantics. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>