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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin/branch.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/branch.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c index 51ca6a02d7..24f33b241e 100644 --- a/builtin/branch.c +++ b/builtin/branch.c @@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ static void rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int force) unsigned char sha1[20]; struct strbuf oldsection = STRBUF_INIT, newsection = STRBUF_INIT; int recovery = 0; + int clobber_head_ok; if (!oldname) die(_("cannot rename the current branch while not on any.")); @@ -583,7 +584,13 @@ static void rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int force) die(_("Invalid branch name: '%s'"), oldname); } - validate_new_branchname(newname, &newref, force, 0); + /* + * 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); strbuf_addf(&logmsg, "Branch: renamed %s to %s", oldref.buf, newref.buf); |