[PATCH v2 06/12] branch -m: adjust `core.mainBranch` if necessary

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Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

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Jun 15, 2020, 12:50 UTC

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From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 builtin/branch.c  | 9 +++++++++
 t/t3200-branch.sh | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index accb61b1aae..62f8db5fb05 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -556,6 +556,15 @@ static void copy_or_rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int
 	    replace_each_worktree_head_symref(oldref.buf, newref.buf, logmsg.buf))
 		die(_("Branch renamed to %s, but HEAD is not updated!"), newname);
 
+	if (!copy) {
+		char *main_branch = git_main_branch_name(0);
+
+		if (!strcmp(interpreted_oldname, main_branch))
+		    git_config_set("core.mainbranch", interpreted_newname);
+
+		free(main_branch);
+	}
+
 	strbuf_release(&logmsg);
 
 	strbuf_addf(&oldsection, "branch.%s", interpreted_oldname);
diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index 411a70b0ce9..328544f2736 100755
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -467,6 +467,15 @@ EOF
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'renaming the main branch modifies core.mainBranch' '
+	git init rename-main &&
+	test_commit -C rename-main initial &&
+	git -C rename-main branch -m trunk &&
+	git -C rename-main config core.mainBranch >actual &&
+	echo trunk >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'git branch -c dumps usage' '
 	test_expect_code 128 git branch -c 2>err &&
 	test_i18ngrep "branch name required" err

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