diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
index 7404597678..2c3a364a0b 100644
--- a/branch.c
+++ b/branch.c
@@ -178,19 +178,31 @@ int read_branch_desc(struct strbuf *buf, const char *branch_name)
return 0;
}
-int validate_new_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref,
- int force, int attr_only)
+/*
+ * Check if 'name' can be a valid name for a branch; die otherwise.
+ * Return 1 if the named branch already exists; return 0 otherwise.
+ * Fill ref with the full refname for the branch.
+ */
+int validate_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref)
{
- const char *head;
-
if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(ref, name))
die(_("'%s' is not a valid branch name."), name);
- if (!ref_exists(ref->buf))
- return 0;
+ return ref_exists(ref->buf);
+}
- if (attr_only)
- return 1;
+/*
+ * Check if a branch 'name' can be created as a new branch; die otherwise.
+ * 'force' can be used when it is OK for the named branch already exists.
+ * Return 1 if the named branch already exists; return 0 otherwise.
+ * Fill ref with the full refname for the branch.
+ */
+int validate_new_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref, int force)
+{
+ const char *head;
+
+ if (!validate_branchname(name, ref))
+ return 0;
if (!force)
die(_("A branch named '%s' already exists."),@@ -246,9 +258,9 @@ void create_branch(const char *name, const char *start_name,
if (track == BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT || track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE)
explicit_tracking = 1;
- if (validate_new_branchname(name, &ref, force,
- track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE ||
- clobber_head)) {
+ if ((track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE || clobber_head)
+ ? validate_branchname(name, &ref)
+ : validate_new_branchname(name, &ref, force)) {
if (!force)
dont_change_ref = 1;
elsediff --git a/branch.h b/branch.h
index b07788558c..be5e5d1308 100644
--- a/branch.h
+++ b/branch.h
@@ -23,22 +23,19 @@ void create_branch(const char *name, const char *start_name,
int clobber_head, int quiet, enum branch_track track);
/*
- * Validates that the requested branch may be created, returning the
- * interpreted ref in ref, force indicates whether (non-head) branches
- * may be overwritten. A non-zero return value indicates that the force
- * parameter was non-zero and the branch already exists.
- *
- * Contrary to all of the above, when attr_only is 1, the caller is
- * not interested in verifying if it is Ok to update the named
- * branch to point at a potentially different commit. It is merely
- * asking if it is OK to change some attribute for the named branch
- * (e.g. tracking upstream).
- *
- * NEEDSWORK: This needs to be split into two separate functions in the
- * longer run for sanity.
- *
+ * Check if 'name' can be a valid name for a branch; die otherwise.
+ * Return 1 if the named branch already exists; return 0 otherwise.
+ * Fill ref with the full refname for the branch.
+ */
+extern int validate_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref);
+
+/*
+ * Check if a branch 'name' can be created as a new branch; die otherwise.
+ * 'force' can be used when it is OK for the named branch already exists.
+ * Return 1 if the named branch already exists; return 0 otherwise.
+ * Fill ref with the full refname for the branch.
*/
-int validate_new_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref, int force, int attr_only);
+extern int validate_new_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref, int force);
/*
* Remove information about the state of working on the current
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index b67593288c..e5bbfb4a17 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ static void copy_or_rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int
struct strbuf oldref = STRBUF_INIT, newref = STRBUF_INIT, logmsg = STRBUF_INIT;
struct strbuf oldsection = STRBUF_INIT, newsection = STRBUF_INIT;
int recovery = 0;
- int clobber_head_ok;
if (!oldname) {
if (copy)@@ -487,9 +486,10 @@ static void copy_or_rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int
* A command like "git branch -M currentbranch currentbranch" cannot
* cause the worktree to become inconsistent with HEAD, so allow it.
*/
- clobber_head_ok = !strcmp(oldname, newname);
-
- validate_new_branchname(newname, &newref, force, clobber_head_ok);
+ if (!strcmp(oldname, newname))
+ validate_branchname(newname, &newref);
+ else
+ validate_new_branchname(newname, &newref, force);
reject_rebase_or_bisect_branch(oldref.buf);
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index fc4f8fd2ea..697ac7dcaf 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -1289,11 +1289,11 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (opts.new_branch) {
struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
- opts.branch_exists =
- validate_new_branchname(opts.new_branch, &buf,
- !!opts.new_branch_force,
- !!opts.new_branch_force);
-
+ if (opts.new_branch_force)
+ opts.branch_exists = validate_branchname(opts.new_branch, &buf);
+ else
+ opts.branch_exists =
+ validate_new_branchname(opts.new_branch, &buf, 0);
strbuf_release(&buf);
}
--
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