merge: add config option for verifySignatures

diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index 9a2d5caf3b785ec629fcbc2325cd63e0ef72cf57..611c7d24ddee678470ba74cb3c2ca669a778b44a 100644 (file)
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -1438,9 +1438,19 @@ int strbuf_check_branch_ref(struct strbuf *sb, const char *name)
                strbuf_branchname(sb, name, INTERPRET_BRANCH_LOCAL);
        else
                strbuf_addstr(sb, name);
-       if (name[0] == '-')
-               return -1;
+
+       /*
+        * This splice must be done even if we end up rejecting the
+        * name; builtin/branch.c::copy_or_rename_branch() still wants
+        * to see what the name expanded to so that "branch -m" can be
+        * used as a tool to correct earlier mistakes.
+        */
        strbuf_splice(sb, 0, 0, "refs/heads/", 11);
+
+       if (*name == '-' ||
+           !strcmp(sb->buf, "refs/heads/HEAD"))
+               return -1;
+
        return check_refname_format(sb->buf, 0);
 }