From: Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:22:14 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] prevent checkout from creating branches that start with a dash
Message-ID: <3B740C23-95C7-44AD-8A36-9EFA2EEF0E8A@silverinsanity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080702150128.GH26300@jukie.net>


On Jul 2, 2008, at 11:01 AM, Bart Trojanowski wrote:

> +	if (opts.new_branch && validate_branch_name(opts.new_branch))
> +		die("git checkout: '%s' does not look like a valid branch name",
> +				opts.new_branch);
> +
> 	if (argc) {
> 		const char **pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);

Perhaps this should have !opts.force in that if?  That way if someone  
needs something like "-mm" branch, they can have it.

And that way, if people really want to shoot themselves in the foot  
with a -f branch, they can?  "git branch -f -b -f"?

~~ Brian