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-rw-r--r--builtin/branch.c15
-rwxr-xr-xt/t3200-branch.sh41
-rw-r--r--t/test-lib.sh9
3 files changed, 61 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 7095718c13..cb17bc3675 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -768,6 +768,8 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
with_commit, argv);
else if (edit_description) {
const char *branch_name;
+ struct strbuf branch_ref = STRBUF_INIT;
+
if (detached)
die("Cannot give description to detached HEAD");
if (!argc)
@@ -776,6 +778,19 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
branch_name = argv[0];
else
usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);
+
+ strbuf_addf(&branch_ref, "refs/heads/%s", branch_name);
+ if (!ref_exists(branch_ref.buf)) {
+ strbuf_release(&branch_ref);
+
+ if (!argc)
+ return error("No commit on branch '%s' yet.",
+ branch_name);
+ else
+ return error("No such branch '%s'.", branch_name);
+ }
+ strbuf_release(&branch_ref);
+
if (edit_branch_description(branch_name))
return 1;
} else if (rename) {
diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index ea82424e47..dd1acebd88 100755
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@
# Copyright (c) 2005 Amos Waterland
#
-test_description='git branch --foo should not create bogus branch
+test_description='git branch assorted tests'
-This test runs git branch --help and checks that the argument is properly
-handled. Specifically, that a bogus branch is not created.
-'
. ./test-lib.sh
test_expect_success \
@@ -620,4 +617,40 @@ test_expect_success 'use set-upstream on the current branch' '
'
+test_expect_success 'use --edit-description' '
+ write_script editor <<-\EOF &&
+ echo "New contents" >"$1"
+ EOF
+ EDITOR=./editor git branch --edit-description &&
+ write_script editor <<-\EOF &&
+ git stripspace -s <"$1" >"EDITOR_OUTPUT"
+ EOF
+ EDITOR=./editor git branch --edit-description &&
+ echo "New contents" >expect &&
+ test_cmp EDITOR_OUTPUT expect
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'detect typo in branch name when using --edit-description' '
+ write_script editor <<-\EOF &&
+ echo "New contents" >"$1"
+ EOF
+ (
+ EDITOR=./editor &&
+ export EDITOR &&
+ test_must_fail git branch --edit-description no-such-branch
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'refuse --edit-description on unborn branch for now' '
+ write_script editor <<-\EOF &&
+ echo "New contents" >"$1"
+ EOF
+ git checkout --orphan unborn &&
+ (
+ EDITOR=./editor &&
+ export EDITOR &&
+ test_must_fail git branch --edit-description
+ )
+'
+
test_done
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index a65dfc7ea9..a089a18864 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -381,11 +381,20 @@ test_config () {
git config "$@"
}
+
test_config_global () {
test_when_finished "test_unconfig --global '$1'" &&
git config --global "$@"
}
+write_script () {
+ {
+ echo "#!${2-"$SHELL_PATH"}" &&
+ cat
+ } >"$1" &&
+ chmod +x "$1"
+}
+
# Use test_set_prereq to tell that a particular prerequisite is available.
# The prerequisite can later be checked for in two ways:
#