Re: [PATCH 0/3] Re: [PATCH] check-ref-format: require a repository for --branch

Jonathan Nieder [off-list ref] writes:

Handles the nongit case in strbuf_check_branch_ref instead of
introducing a new check_branch_ref_format helper.

I view that as a regression, actually.  Don't we want a function
that does not require a strbuf when asking a simple question: "I
have a string, and I want to see if that is a valid name"?