Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Firstly, the subject could be more precise. Maybe "branch: check all > worktrees for orphan branches" (47 characters) or something like that. > > Rubén Justo <rjusto@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> In bcfc82bd48 (branch: description for non-existent branch errors, >> 2022-10-08) we checked the current HEAD > > Probably clearer to say "HEAD in the current worktree" instead of > "current HEAD". > >> to detect if the branch to >> operate with is an orphan branch, so as to avoid the confusing error: >> "No branch named...". >> >> If we are asked to operate with an orphan branch in a different working >> tree than the current one, we need to check the HEAD in that different >> working tree. > > Probably clearer to just say "But there might be orphan branches in > other worktrees". > >> Let's extend the check we did in bcfc82bd48, to all HEADs in the >> repository, using the helper introduced in 31ad6b61bd (branch: add >> branch_checked_out() helper, 2022-06-15) > > s/HEADs/worktrees/ > >> @@ -493,8 +496,9 @@ static void copy_or_rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int >> struct strbuf oldsection = STRBUF_INIT, newsection = STRBUF_INIT; >> const char *interpreted_oldname = NULL; >> const char *interpreted_newname = NULL; >> - int recovery = 0; >> + int recovery = 0, oldref_usage = 0; >> struct worktree **worktrees = get_worktrees(); >> + struct worktree *oldref_wt = NULL; > > Better to have 2 variables (one for rebased, and one for bisected) to > avoid the situation in which the last problematic worktree seen was a > bisected one, but a prior one was a rebased one. All good suggestions. >> @@ -818,7 +835,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) >> >> strbuf_addf(&branch_ref, "refs/heads/%s", branch_name); >> if (!ref_exists(branch_ref.buf)) >> - error((!argc || !strcmp(head, branch_name)) >> + error((!argc || branch_checked_out(branch_ref.buf)) >> ? _("No commit on branch '%s' yet.") >> : _("No branch named '%s'."), >> branch_name); >> @@ -863,7 +880,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) >> } >> >> if (!ref_exists(branch->refname)) { >> - if (!argc || !strcmp(head, branch->name)) >> + if (!argc || branch_checked_out(branch->refname)) >> die(_("No commit on branch '%s' yet."), branch->name); >> die(_("branch '%s' does not exist"), branch->name); >> } > > What is the relevance of these changes? Thanks for reading very carefully and asking clarification for relevant parts of the changes.