Reported-by: Ivan Zakharyaschev <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry V. Levin <redacted>
---
This is just a regression test for the bug.
t/t2018-checkout-new-branch-by-regexp.sh | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
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create mode 100755 t/t2018-checkout-new-branch-by-regexp.sh
diff --git a/t/t2018-checkout-new-branch-by-regexp.sh b/t/t2018-checkout-new-branch-by-regexp.sh
new file mode 100755
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='checkout -b new_branch :/regexp'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+ echo a > a &&
+ git add a &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m first &&
+ echo b > b &&
+ git add b &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit -m second
+'
+
+test_expect_success checkout '
+ git checkout -b new_branch :/first
+'
+
+test_done
--
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