If a branch named "bisect" or "new-bisect" already was created in the repo by other means than git bisect, doing a git bisect used to override the branch without a warning. Now if the branch "bisect" or "new-bisect" already exists, and it was not created by git bisect itself, git bisect start fails with an appropriate error message. Additionally, if checking out a new bisect state fails due to a merge problem, git bisect cleans up the temporary branch "new-bisect". The accidental override has been noticed by Andres Salomon, reported through http://bugs.debian.org/478647 Signed-off-by: Gerrit Pape <pape@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-bisect.txt | 2 +- git-bisect.sh | 20 ++++++++++++++------ t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index 698ffde..1c7e38d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Oh, and then after you want to reset to the original head, do a $ git bisect reset ------------------------------------------------ -to get back to the master branch, instead of being in one of the +to get back to the original branch, instead of being in one of the bisection branches ("git bisect start" will do that for you too, actually: it will reset the bisection state, and before it does that it checks that you're not using some old bisection branch). diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh index d8d9bfd..48d81d5 100755 --- a/git-bisect.sh +++ b/git-bisect.sh @@ -69,14 +69,19 @@ bisect_start() { head=$(GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git symbolic-ref -q HEAD) || head=$(GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git rev-parse --verify HEAD) || die "Bad HEAD - I need a HEAD" + # + # Check that we either already have BISECT_START, or that the + # branches bisect, new-bisect don't exist, to not override them. + # + test -s "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_START" || + if git show-ref bisect > /dev/null || + git show-ref new-bisect > /dev/null; then + die 'The branches "bisect" and "new-bisect" must not exist.' + fi start_head='' case "$head" in refs/heads/bisect) - if [ -s "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_START" ]; then - branch=`cat "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_START"` - else - branch=master - fi + branch=`cat "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_START"` git checkout $branch || exit ;; refs/heads/*|$_x40) @@ -329,7 +334,10 @@ bisect_next() { echo "Bisecting: $bisect_nr revisions left to test after this" git branch -f new-bisect "$bisect_rev" - git checkout -q new-bisect || exit + git checkout -q new-bisect || { + git branch -d new-bisect + exit + } git branch -M new-bisect bisect git show-branch "$bisect_rev" } diff --git a/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh b/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh index 5e3e544..05f1e15 100755 --- a/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh +++ b/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh @@ -284,6 +284,24 @@ test_expect_success 'bisect starting with a detached HEAD' ' ' +test_expect_success 'bisect refuses to start if branch bisect exists' ' + git bisect reset && + git branch bisect && + test_must_fail git bisect start && + git branch -d bisect && + git checkout -b bisect && + test_must_fail git bisect start && + git checkout master && + git branch -d bisect +' + +test_expect_success 'bisect refuses to start if branch new-bisect exists' ' + git bisect reset && + git branch new-bisect && + test_must_fail git bisect start && + git branch -d new-bisect +' + # # test_done -- 1.5.5.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
