" or: git check-ref-format --branch <branchname-shorthand>";
/*
- * Replace each run of adjacent slashes in src with a single slash,
- * and write the result to dst.
+ * Remove leading slashes and replace each run of adjacent slashes in
+ * src with a single slash, and write the result to dst.
*
* This function is similar to normalize_path_copy(), but stripped down
* to meet check_ref_format's simpler needs.
static void collapse_slashes(char *dst, const char *src)
{
char ch;
- char prev = '\0';
+ char prev = '/';
while ((ch = *src++) != '\0') {
if (prev == '/' && ch == prev)
static int check_ref_format_branch(const char *arg)
{
struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ int nongit;
+ setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&sb, arg))
die("'%s' is not a valid branch name", arg);
printf("%s\n", sb.buf + 11);