It doesn't make sense to trigger config section copy or rename method if
both the branch names are same.
For example - git branch -C a a
In such a case, it shouldn't try to copy or rename the git config
section.
Signed-off-by: Sahil Dua <redacted>
---
builtin/branch.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index f3cd180e8d4cb..df82f196a4bba 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static void copy_or_rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int
strbuf_release(&oldref);
strbuf_addf(&newsection, "branch.%s", newref.buf + 11);
strbuf_release(&newref);
- if (git_config_copy_or_rename_section(oldsection.buf, newsection.buf, copy) < 0)
+ if (strcmp(oldname, newname) && git_config_copy_or_rename_section(oldsection.buf, newsection.buf, copy) < 0)
die(_("Branch is %s, but update of config-file failed"),
(copy ? "copied" : "renamed"));
strbuf_release(&oldsection);
--https://github.com/git/git/pull/363