Merge branch 'jh/maint-do-not-track-non-branches'

* jh/maint-do-not-track-non-branches:
  branch/checkout --track: Ensure that upstream branch is indeed a branch
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Junio C Hamano
2011-03-15 14:22:13 -07:00
4 changed files with 39 additions and 18 deletions

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@ -175,9 +175,14 @@ void create_branch(const char *head,
die("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch.");
break;
case 1:
/* Unique completion -- good, only if it is a real ref */
if (explicit_tracking && !strcmp(real_ref, "HEAD"))
die("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch.");
/* Unique completion -- good, only if it is a real branch */
if (prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/heads/") &&
prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/remotes/")) {
if (explicit_tracking)
die("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch.");
else
real_ref = NULL;
}
break;
default:
die("Ambiguous object name: '%s'.", start_name);