advise(" %s %s%s",
find_unique_abbrev(oid->hash, DEFAULT_ABBREV),
- typename(type) ? typename(type) : "unknown type",
+ type_name(type) ? type_name(type) : "unknown type",
desc.buf);
strbuf_release(&desc);
if (name)
error("%.*s: expected %s type, but the object "
"dereferences to %s type",
- namelen, name, typename(expected_type),
- typename(o->type));
+ namelen, name, type_name(expected_type),
+ type_name(o->type));
return NULL;
}
}
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);
}