Merge branch 'jc/advice-doc' into maint

diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 55cad766c7e3d284b1361b1beca8c5d51de96083..df908ed8f55838702299c9a687a98502f91cf5da 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ static void rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int force)
        unsigned char sha1[20];
        struct strbuf oldsection = STRBUF_INIT, newsection = STRBUF_INIT;
        int recovery = 0;
+       int clobber_head_ok;
 
        if (!oldname)
                die(_("cannot rename the current branch while not on any."));
@@ -583,7 +584,13 @@ static void rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int force)
                        die(_("Invalid branch name: '%s'"), oldname);
        }
 
-       validate_new_branchname(newname, &newref, force, 0);
+       /*
+        * 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);
 
        strbuf_addf(&logmsg, "Branch: renamed %s to %s",
                 oldref.buf, newref.buf);
@@ -730,7 +737,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                if (kinds != REF_LOCAL_BRANCH)
                        die(_("-a and -r options to 'git branch' do not make sense with a branch name"));
                create_branch(head, argv[0], (argc == 2) ? argv[1] : head,
-                             force_create, reflog, track);
+                             force_create, reflog, 0, track);
        } else
                usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);