When create a new branch, we fed "refs/heads/<proposed name>" as a string
to get_sha1() and expected it to fail when a branch already exists.
The right way to check if a ref exists is to check with resolve_ref().
A naïve solution that might appear attractive but does not work is to
forbid slashes in get_describe_name() but that will not work. A describe
name is is in the form of "ANYTHING-g<short sha1>", and that ANYTHING part
comes from a original tag name used in the repository the user ran the
describe command. A sick user could have a confusing hierarchical tag
whose name is "refs/heads/foobar" (stored as refs/tags/refs/heads/foobar")
to generate a describe name "refs/heads/
foobar-6-g02ac983", and we should
be able to use that name to refer to the object whose name is
02ac983.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&buf, opts.new_branch))
die("git checkout: we do not like '%s' as a branch name.",
opts.new_branch);
- if (!get_sha1(buf.buf, rev)) {
+ if (ref_exists(buf.buf)) {
opts.branch_exists = 1;
if (!opts.new_branch_force)
die("git checkout: branch %s already exists",
return 0;
}
+int ref_exists(char *refname)
+{
+ unsigned char sha1[20];
+ return !!resolve_ref(refname, sha1, 1, NULL);
+}
+
struct ref *find_ref_by_name(const struct ref *list, const char *name)
{
for ( ; list; list = list->next)
*/
extern void add_extra_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flags);
extern void clear_extra_refs(void);
+extern int ref_exists(char *);
extern int peel_ref(const char *, unsigned char *);
test_must_fail test_dirty_mergeable
'
+test_expect_success 'checkout -b <describe>' '
+ git tag -f -m "First commit" initial initial &&
+ git checkout -f change1 &&
+ name=$(git describe) &&
+ git checkout -b $name &&
+ git diff --exit-code change1 &&
+ echo "refs/heads/$name" >expect &&
+ git symbolic-ref HEAD >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
test_done