Consolidate the logic for deciding when to create a new branch in cmd_branch(), and save the result for reuse. Besides making the function more explicit, this allows us to validate options that can only be used when creating a branch. Such an option does not exist yet, but one will be introduced in a subsequent commit. Helped-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Glen Choo <chooglen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/branch.c | 19 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c index c6fffb99ab..b352cc789a 100644 --- a/builtin/branch.c +++ b/builtin/branch.c @@ -616,14 +616,15 @@ static int edit_branch_description(const char *branch_name) int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) { - int delete = 0, rename = 0, copy = 0, force = 0, list = 0; - int show_current = 0; - int reflog = 0, edit_description = 0; - int quiet = 0, unset_upstream = 0; + /* possible actions */ + int delete = 0, rename = 0, copy = 0, list = 0, + unset_upstream = 0, show_current = 0, edit_description = 0; const char *new_upstream = NULL; + int noncreate_actions = 0; + /* possible options */ + int reflog = 0, quiet = 0, icase = 0, force = 0; enum branch_track track; struct ref_filter filter; - int icase = 0; static struct ref_sorting *sorting = NULL, **sorting_tail = &sorting; struct ref_format format = REF_FORMAT_INIT; @@ -707,8 +708,10 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) filter.reachable_from || filter.unreachable_from || filter.points_at.nr) list = 1; - if (!!delete + !!rename + !!copy + !!new_upstream + !!show_current + - list + edit_description + unset_upstream > 1) + noncreate_actions = !!delete + !!rename + !!copy + !!new_upstream + + !!show_current + !!list + !!edit_description + + !!unset_upstream; + if (noncreate_actions > 1) usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options); if (filter.abbrev == -1) @@ -848,7 +851,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) strbuf_addf(&buf, "branch.%s.merge", branch->name); git_config_set_multivar(buf.buf, NULL, NULL, CONFIG_FLAGS_MULTI_REPLACE); strbuf_release(&buf); - } else if (argc > 0 && argc <= 2) { + } else if (!noncreate_actions && argc > 0 && argc <= 2) { if (filter.kind != FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES) die(_("The -a, and -r, options to 'git branch' do not take a branch name.\n" "Did you mean to use: -a|-r --list <pattern>?")); -- 2.33.GIT