read_branch_desc(&buf, branch_name);
if (!buf.len || buf.buf[buf.len-1] != '\n')
strbuf_addch(&buf, '\n');
- strbuf_addf(&buf,
- "# Please edit the description for the branch\n"
- "# %s\n"
- "# Lines starting with '#' will be stripped.\n",
- branch_name);
+ strbuf_commented_addf(&buf,
+ "Please edit the description for the branch\n"
+ " %s\n"
+ "Lines starting with '%c' will be stripped.\n",
+ branch_name, comment_line_char);
fp = fopen(git_path(edit_description), "w");
if ((fwrite(buf.buf, 1, buf.len, fp) < buf.len) || fclose(fp)) {
strbuf_release(&buf);
stripspace(&buf, 1);
strbuf_addf(&name, "branch.%s.description", branch_name);
- status = git_config_set(name.buf, buf.buf);
+ status = git_config_set(name.buf, buf.len ? buf.buf : NULL);
strbuf_release(&name);
strbuf_release(&buf);
const char *branch_name;
struct strbuf branch_ref = STRBUF_INIT;
- if (detached)
- die("Cannot give description to detached HEAD");
- if (!argc)
+ if (!argc) {
+ if (detached)
+ die("Cannot give description to detached HEAD");
branch_name = head;
- else if (argc == 1)
+ } else if (argc == 1)
branch_name = argv[0];
else
usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);