Merge branch 'jc/branch-name-sanity'

[git-core/git.git] / builtin / branch.c

diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 33fd5fc..5fc57cd 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ static void copy_or_rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int
        struct strbuf oldref = STRBUF_INIT, newref = STRBUF_INIT, logmsg = STRBUF_INIT;
        struct strbuf oldsection = STRBUF_INIT, newsection = STRBUF_INIT;
        int recovery = 0;
-       int clobber_head_ok;
 
        if (!oldname) {
                if (copy)
@@ -487,9 +486,10 @@ static void copy_or_rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int
         * A command like "git branch -M currentbranch currentbranch" cannot
         * cause the worktree to become inconsistent with HEAD, so allow it.
         */
-       clobber_head_ok = !strcmp(oldname, newname);
-
-       validate_new_branchname(newname, &newref, force, clobber_head_ok);
+       if (!strcmp(oldname, newname))
+               validate_branchname(newname, &newref);
+       else
+               validate_new_branchname(newname, &newref, force);
 
        reject_rebase_or_bisect_branch(oldref.buf);
 
@@ -793,9 +793,6 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        } else if (argc > 0 && argc <= 2) {
                struct branch *branch = branch_get(argv[0]);
 
-               if (!strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD"))
-                       die(_("it does not make sense to create 'HEAD' manually"));
-
                if (!branch)
                        die(_("no such branch '%s'"), argv[0]);