Merge branch 'jc/branch-desc-typoavoidance'

* jc/branch-desc-typoavoidance:
branch --edit-description: protect against mistyped branch name

diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 7095718c13b5c4f39186548f5ed12198a3b9e609..cb17bc367571a88b6e6bcac5020c1746c4385480 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -768,6 +768,8 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                                      with_commit, argv);
        else if (edit_description) {
                const char *branch_name;
+               struct strbuf branch_ref = STRBUF_INIT;
+
                if (detached)
                        die("Cannot give description to detached HEAD");
                if (!argc)
@@ -776,6 +778,19 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                        branch_name = argv[0];
                else
                        usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);
+
+               strbuf_addf(&branch_ref, "refs/heads/%s", branch_name);
+               if (!ref_exists(branch_ref.buf)) {
+                       strbuf_release(&branch_ref);
+
+                       if (!argc)
+                               return error("No commit on branch '%s' yet.",
+                                            branch_name);
+                       else
+                               return error("No such branch '%s'.", branch_name);
+               }
+               strbuf_release(&branch_ref);
+
                if (edit_branch_description(branch_name))
                        return 1;
        } else if (rename) {

diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index ea82424e471cd53cd08f91c77500412fa192f960..dd1acebd88070b75bbbfd07048b5a255aa00e0f3 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Amos Waterland
 #
 
-test_description='git branch --foo should not create bogus branch
+test_description='git branch assorted tests'
 
-This test runs git branch --help and checks that the argument is properly
-handled.  Specifically, that a bogus branch is not created.
-'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_expect_success \
@@ -620,4 +617,40 @@ test_expect_success 'use set-upstream on the current branch' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'use --edit-description' '
+       write_script editor <<-\EOF &&
+               echo "New contents" >"$1"
+       EOF
+       EDITOR=./editor git branch --edit-description &&
+               write_script editor <<-\EOF &&
+               git stripspace -s <"$1" >"EDITOR_OUTPUT"
+       EOF
+       EDITOR=./editor git branch --edit-description &&
+       echo "New contents" >expect &&
+       test_cmp EDITOR_OUTPUT expect
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'detect typo in branch name when using --edit-description' '
+       write_script editor <<-\EOF &&
+               echo "New contents" >"$1"
+       EOF
+       (
+               EDITOR=./editor &&
+               export EDITOR &&
+               test_must_fail git branch --edit-description no-such-branch
+       )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'refuse --edit-description on unborn branch for now' '
+       write_script editor <<-\EOF &&
+               echo "New contents" >"$1"
+       EOF
+       git checkout --orphan unborn &&
+       (
+               EDITOR=./editor &&
+               export EDITOR &&
+               test_must_fail git branch --edit-description
+       )
+'
+
 test_done