This function asks strbuf_branchname() to expand any @-marks in the branchname, and then we blindly stick refs/heads/ in front of the result. This is obviously nonsense if the expansion is "HEAD" or a ref in refs/remotes/. The most obvious end-user effect is that creating or renaming a branch with an expansion may have confusing results (e.g., creating refs/heads/origin/master from "@{upstream}" when the operation should be disallowed). We can fix this by telling strbuf_branchname() that we are only interested in local expansions. Any unexpanded bits are then fed to check_ref_format(), which either disallows them (in the case of "@{upstream}") or lets them through ("refs/heads/@" is technically valid, if a bit silly). Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- sha1_name.c | 2 +- t/t3204-branch-name-interpretation.sh | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c index b21997c29..c0cfb69a4 100644 --- a/sha1_name.c +++ b/sha1_name.c @@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ void strbuf_branchname(struct strbuf *sb, const char *name, unsigned allowed) int strbuf_check_branch_ref(struct strbuf *sb, const char *name) { - strbuf_branchname(sb, name, 0); + strbuf_branchname(sb, name, INTERPRET_BRANCH_LOCAL); if (name[0] == '-') return -1; strbuf_splice(sb, 0, 0, "refs/heads/", 11); diff --git a/t/t3204-branch-name-interpretation.sh b/t/t3204-branch-name-interpretation.sh index c8fec5b8c..6115ad504 100755 --- a/t/t3204-branch-name-interpretation.sh +++ b/t/t3204-branch-name-interpretation.sh @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ test_expect_success 'update branch via local @{upstream}' ' expect_branch local two ' -test_expect_failure 'disallow updating branch via remote @{upstream}' ' +test_expect_success 'disallow updating branch via remote @{upstream}' ' git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/remote one && git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/remote && @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ test_expect_success 'delete @{upstream} expansion matches -r option' ' # and not refs/heads/HEAD. These tests should not imply that refs/heads/@ is a # sane thing, but it _is_ technically allowed for now. If we disallow it, these # can be switched to test_must_fail. -test_expect_failure 'create branch named "@"' ' +test_expect_success 'create branch named "@"' ' git branch -f @ one && expect_branch refs/heads/@ one ' -- 2.12.0.359.gd4c8c42e9