The command may not be the best place to add this new feature, but
$ git check-ref-format --branch "@{-1}"
allows Porcelains to figure out what branch you were on before the last
branch switching.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
---
builtin-check-ref-format.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-check-ref-format.c b/builtin-check-ref-format.c
index 701de43..39db6cb 100644
--- a/builtin-check-ref-format.c
+++ b/builtin-check-ref-format.c
@@ -5,9 +5,19 @@
#include "cache.h"
#include "refs.h"
#include "builtin.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
int cmd_check_ref_format(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
+ if (argc == 3 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--branch")) {
+ struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ strbuf_branchname(&sb, argv[2]);
+ strbuf_splice(&sb, 0, 0, "refs/heads/", 11);
+ if (check_ref_format(sb.buf))
+ die("'%s' is not a valid branch name", argv[2]);
+ printf("%s\n", sb.buf + 11);
+ exit(0);
+ }
if (argc != 2)
usage("git check-ref-format refname");
return !!check_ref_format(argv[1]);
--
1.6.2.1.299.gda643a
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