Merge branch 'db/maint-checkout-b'

* db/maint-checkout-b:
  Check early that a new branch is new and valid

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index 9377a1c71e..4497b7092d 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -580,6 +580,18 @@ no_reference:
 		return checkout_paths(source_tree, pathspec);
 	}
 
+	if (opts.new_branch) {
+		struct strbuf buf;
+		strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+		strbuf_addstr(&buf, "refs/heads/");
+		strbuf_addstr(&buf, opts.new_branch);
+		if (!get_sha1(buf.buf, rev))
+			die("git checkout: branch %s already exists", opts.new_branch);
+		if (check_ref_format(buf.buf))
+			die("git checkout: we do not like '%s' as a branch name.", opts.new_branch);
+		strbuf_release(&buf);
+	}
+
 	if (new.name && !new.commit) {
 		die("Cannot switch branch to a non-commit.");
 	}