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Re: [PATCH v2] branch -d: refuse deleting a branch which is currently checked out

From
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Mar 28, 2016, 16:51 UTC
Message-ID
<CAPig+cSzTwup6ojboVkP8nMR91-ZUU9FCbAK5NcrcohfFh2taQ@mail.gmail.com>
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<1459149771-14790-1-git-send-email-k@rhe.jp>
On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 3:22 AM, Kazuki Yamaguchi <k@rhe.jp> wrote:
> When a branch is checked out by current working tree, deleting the
> branch is forbidden. However when the branch is checked out only by
> other working trees, deleting is allowed.

It's not quite clear from this description that it is bad for deletion to succeed in the second case. Perhaps:

    s/deleting is allowed/deletion incorrectly succeeds/
would make it more clear.
> Use find_shared_symref() to check if the branch is in use, not just
> comparing with the current working tree's HEAD.

This version of the patch is nicer. Thanks. See a couple minor comments below which may or may not be worth a re-roll (you decide).

Show 8 quoted lines
> Signed-off-by: Kazuki Yamaguchi <k@rhe.jp>
> ---
>
>   % git worktree list
>   /path/to      2c3c5f2 [master]
>   /path/to/wt   2c3c5f2 [branch-a]
>   % git branch -d branch-a
>   error: Cannot delete the branch 'branch-a' which is currently checked out at '/path/to/wt'

Thanks for an example of the new behavior. It's also helpful to reviewers if you use this space to explain what changed since the previous version, and to provide a link to the previous attempt, like this[1].

[1]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/289413/focus=289932
Show 21 quoted lines
> diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
> @@ -215,16 +216,21 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds,
>                 int flags = 0;
>
>                 strbuf_branchname(&bname, argv[i]);
> -               if (kinds == FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES && !strcmp(head, bname.buf)) {
> -                       error(_("Cannot delete the branch '%s' "
> -                             "which you are currently on."), bname.buf);
> -                       ret = 1;
> -                       continue;
> -               }
> -
>                 free(name);
> -
>                 name = mkpathdup(fmt, bname.buf);
> +
> +               if (kinds == FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES) {
> +                       char *worktree = find_shared_symref("HEAD", name);
> +                       if (worktree) {
> +                               error(_("Cannot delete the branch '%s' "
> +                                       "which is currently checked out at '%s'"),
This could be stated more concisely as:
    "Cannot delete branch '%s' checked out at '%s'"
> +                                     bname.buf, worktree);
> +                               free(worktree);

Would it make sense to show all worktrees at which this branch is checked out, rather than only one, or is that not worth the effort and extra code ugliness?

Show 8 quoted lines
> +                               ret = 1;
> +                               continue;
> +                       }
> +               }
> +
>                 target = resolve_ref_unsafe(name,
>                                             RESOLVE_REF_READING
>                                             | RESOLVE_REF_NO_RECURSE
Previous: Kazuki YamaguchiNext: Kazuki Yamaguchi
Message 11 of 17 in “branch: fix branch operations with multiple working trees”
  1. 0/5 branch: fix branch operations with multiple working treesKazuki Yamaguchi, Mar 25, 2016
  2. 1/5 refs: add new flag RESOLVE_REF_COMMON_DIR to resolve_ref_unsafeKazuki Yamaguchi, Mar 25, 2016
  3. 2/5 refs: add REF_COMMON_DIR flagKazuki Yamaguchi, Mar 25, 2016
  4. 3/5 refs: add create_symref_common_dir as a variation of create_symrefKazuki Yamaguchi, Mar 25, 2016
  5. 4/5 branch -m: update all per-worktree HEADsKazuki Yamaguchi, Mar 25, 2016
  6. 5/5 branch -d: refuse deleting a branch which is currently checked outKazuki Yamaguchi, Mar 25, 2016
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2016
  8. Eric SunshineMar 27, 2016
  9. Kazuki YamaguchiMar 28, 2016
  10. branch -d: refuse deleting a branch which is currently checked outKazuki Yamaguchi, Mar 28, 2016
  11. Eric SunshineMar 28, 2016
  12. Kazuki YamaguchiMar 29, 2016
  13. Eric SunshineMar 29, 2016
  14. branch -d: refuse deleting a branch which is currently checked outKazuki Yamaguchi, Mar 29, 2016
  15. Eric SunshineMar 29, 2016
  16. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2016
  17. Kazuki YamaguchiMar 27, 2016

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