rebase: consistently use branch_name variable

The variable "branch_name" holds the <branch> parameter in "git
rebase <upstream> <branch>", but one codepath did not use it after
assigning $1 to it (instead it kept using $1).  Make it use the
variable consistently.

Also, update an error message to say there is no such branch or
commit, as we are expecting either of them, and not limiting
ourselves to a branch name.

Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index 60b70f3defb5678af099e4c6bd7fe0610035a432..a299bcc52029bb1cdcefb5d985b186df8fe8c242 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ case "$onto_name" in
 esac
 
 # If the branch to rebase is given, that is the branch we will rebase
-# $branch_name -- branch being rebased, or HEAD (already detached)
+# $branch_name -- branch/commit being rebased, or HEAD (already detached)
 # $orig_head -- commit object name of tip of the branch before rebasing
 # $head_name -- refs/heads/<that-branch> or "detached HEAD"
 switch_to=
@@ -528,15 +528,18 @@ case "$#" in
        branch_name="$1"
        switch_to="$1"
 
-       if git show-ref --verify --quiet -- "refs/heads/$1" &&
-          orig_head=$(git rev-parse -q --verify "refs/heads/$1")
+       # Is it a local branch?
+       if git show-ref --verify --quiet -- "refs/heads/$branch_name" &&
+          orig_head=$(git rev-parse -q --verify "refs/heads/$branch_name")
        then
-               head_name="refs/heads/$1"
-       elif orig_head=$(git rev-parse -q --verify "$1")
+               head_name="refs/heads/$branch_name"
+       # If not is it a valid ref (branch or commit)?
+       elif orig_head=$(git rev-parse -q --verify "$branch_name")
        then
                head_name="detached HEAD"
+
        else
-               die "$(eval_gettext "fatal: no such branch: \$branch_name")"
+               die "$(eval_gettext "fatal: no such branch/commit: \$branch_name")"
        fi
        ;;
 0)
@@ -547,7 +550,7 @@ case "$#" in
                branch_name=$(expr "z$branch_name" : 'zrefs/heads/\(.*\)')
        else
                head_name="detached HEAD"
-               branch_name=HEAD ;# detached
+               branch_name=HEAD
        fi
        orig_head=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) || exit
        ;;