1 files changed, 31 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/symbolic-ref.c b/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
index 2ef5962386..ce0fde705c 100644
--- a/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
@@ -4,55 +4,73 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 
 static const char * const git_symbolic_ref_usage[] = {
-	"git symbolic-ref [options] name [ref]",
+	N_("git symbolic-ref [<options>] <name> [<ref>]"),
+	N_("git symbolic-ref -d [-q] <name>"),
 	NULL
 };
 
-static void check_symref(const char *HEAD, int quiet)
+static int check_symref(const char *HEAD, int quiet, int shorten, int print)
 {
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	int flag;
-	const char *refs_heads_master = resolve_ref_unsafe(HEAD, sha1, 0, &flag);
+	const char *refname = resolve_ref_unsafe(HEAD, 0, sha1, &flag);
 
-	if (!refs_heads_master)
+	if (!refname)
 		die("No such ref: %s", HEAD);
 	else if (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF)) {
 		if (!quiet)
 			die("ref %s is not a symbolic ref", HEAD);
 		else
-			exit(1);
+			return 1;
 	}
-	puts(refs_heads_master);
+	if (print) {
+		if (shorten)
+			refname = shorten_unambiguous_ref(refname, 0);
+		puts(refname);
+	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int cmd_symbolic_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-	int quiet = 0;
+	int quiet = 0, delete = 0, shorten = 0, ret = 0;
 	const char *msg = NULL;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT__QUIET(&quiet,
-			"suppress error message for non-symbolic (detached) refs"),
-		OPT_STRING('m', NULL, &msg, "reason", "reason of the update"),
+			N_("suppress error message for non-symbolic (detached) refs")),
+		OPT_BOOL('d', "delete", &delete, N_("delete symbolic ref")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "short", &shorten, N_("shorten ref output")),
+		OPT_STRING('m', NULL, &msg, N_("reason"), N_("reason of the update")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options,
 			     git_symbolic_ref_usage, 0);
-	if (msg &&!*msg)
+	if (msg && !*msg)
 		die("Refusing to perform update with empty message");
+
+	if (delete) {
+		if (argc != 1)
+			usage_with_options(git_symbolic_ref_usage, options);
+		ret = check_symref(argv[0], 1, 0, 0);
+		if (ret)
+			die("Cannot delete %s, not a symbolic ref", argv[0]);
+		return delete_ref(argv[0], NULL, REF_NODEREF);
+	}
+
 	switch (argc) {
 	case 1:
-		check_symref(argv[0], quiet);
+		ret = check_symref(argv[0], quiet, shorten, 1);
 		break;
 	case 2:
 		if (!strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD") &&
-		    prefixcmp(argv[1], "refs/"))
+		    !starts_with(argv[1], "refs/"))
 			die("Refusing to point HEAD outside of refs/");
 		create_symref(argv[0], argv[1], msg);
 		break;
 	default:
 		usage_with_options(git_symbolic_ref_usage, options);
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }