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-rw-r--r--sha1_name.c14
-rwxr-xr-xt/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh43
2 files changed, 55 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index c7c5ab376c..67961d6e47 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -1332,9 +1332,19 @@ void strbuf_branchname(struct strbuf *sb, const char *name, unsigned allowed)
int strbuf_check_branch_ref(struct strbuf *sb, const char *name)
{
strbuf_branchname(sb, name, INTERPRET_BRANCH_LOCAL);
- if (name[0] == '-')
- return -1;
+
+ /*
+ * This splice must be done even if we end up rejecting the
+ * name; builtin/branch.c::copy_or_rename_branch() still wants
+ * to see what the name expanded to so that "branch -m" can be
+ * used as a tool to correct earlier mistakes.
+ */
strbuf_splice(sb, 0, 0, "refs/heads/", 11);
+
+ if (*name == '-' ||
+ !strcmp(sb->buf, "refs/heads/HEAD"))
+ return -1;
+
return check_refname_format(sb->buf, 0);
}
diff --git a/t/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh b/t/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh
index e88349c8a0..c7878a60ed 100755
--- a/t/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh
+++ b/t/t1430-bad-ref-name.sh
@@ -331,4 +331,47 @@ test_expect_success 'update-ref --stdin -z fails delete with bad ref name' '
grep "fatal: invalid ref format: ~a" err
'
+test_expect_success 'branch rejects HEAD as a branch name' '
+ test_must_fail git branch HEAD HEAD^ &&
+ test_must_fail git show-ref refs/heads/HEAD
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout -b rejects HEAD as a branch name' '
+ test_must_fail git checkout -B HEAD HEAD^ &&
+ test_must_fail git show-ref refs/heads/HEAD
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'update-ref can operate on refs/heads/HEAD' '
+ git update-ref refs/heads/HEAD HEAD^ &&
+ git show-ref refs/heads/HEAD &&
+ git update-ref -d refs/heads/HEAD &&
+ test_must_fail git show-ref refs/heads/HEAD
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'branch -d can remove refs/heads/HEAD' '
+ git update-ref refs/heads/HEAD HEAD^ &&
+ git branch -d HEAD &&
+ test_must_fail git show-ref refs/heads/HEAD
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'branch -m can rename refs/heads/HEAD' '
+ git update-ref refs/heads/HEAD HEAD^ &&
+ git branch -m HEAD tail &&
+ test_must_fail git show-ref refs/heads/HEAD &&
+ git show-ref refs/heads/tail
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'branch -d can remove refs/heads/-dash' '
+ git update-ref refs/heads/-dash HEAD^ &&
+ git branch -d -- -dash &&
+ test_must_fail git show-ref refs/heads/-dash
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'branch -m can rename refs/heads/-dash' '
+ git update-ref refs/heads/-dash HEAD^ &&
+ git branch -m -- -dash dash &&
+ test_must_fail git show-ref refs/heads/-dash &&
+ git show-ref refs/heads/dash
+'
+
test_done