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[PATCH 2/2] branch: rename orphan branches in any worktree

From
Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 30, 2022, 23:12 UTC
Message-ID
<bce24c2f-47c9-30cf-12b7-48beaf112bdb@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<ffd675e9-8a64-ae05-fc3b-36ae99092735@gmail.com>

In cfaff3aac (branch -m: allow renaming a yet-unborn branch, 2020-12-13) we added support for renaming an orphan branch in the current working tree, avoiding the rename_ref() error because an orphan branch does not point to any ref.

We did this with two checks (note that head cannot be null due to a precondition in cmd_branch):

 	 if (branch_is_not_head)
 	 	// Only HEAD can be orphan. Do the rename_ref
 	 else if (head_ref_is_valid)
 		// There is a valid ref. Do the rename_ref
 	 else
 		// Nothing to do here. Continue

With worktrees, we can try to rename an orphan branch while we are in a different worktree, and so the orphan branch we want to rename is not the HEAD in the current worktree:

	$ git worktree add orphan-worktree --detach
	$ git -C orphan-worktree checkout --orphan orphn-branch
	$ git branch -m orphn-branch orphan-branch
	fatal: No branch named 'orphn-branch'.

Lets fix this considering all HEADs in all worktrees in the repository, changing the checks introduced in cfaff3aac8 to:

 	 if (branch_is_not_head_in_any_worktree)
 	 	// Only HEADs can be orphan. Do the rename_ref
 	 else if (branch_ref_is_valid)
 		// There is a valid ref. Do the rename_ref
 	 else
 		// Nothing to do here. Continue

Let's also add to t3200-branch tests for this and for normal renames of orphan branches (other than the initial branch) for which we did not yet have tests.

Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/branch.c  |  2 +-
 t/t3200-branch.sh | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 954008e51d..151541e1c2 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ static void copy_or_rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int
 			    oldref.buf, newref.buf);
 
 	if (!copy &&
-	    (!head || strcmp(oldname, head) || !is_null_oid(&head_oid)) &&
+	    (!branch_checked_out(oldref.buf) || ref_exists(oldref.buf)) &&
 	    rename_ref(oldref.buf, newref.buf, logmsg.buf))
 		die(_("Branch rename failed"));
 	if (copy && copy_existing_ref(oldref.buf, newref.buf, logmsg.buf))
diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index 5a169b68d6..01d616af05 100755
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -279,6 +279,18 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch -M and -C fail on detached HEAD' '
 	test_cmp expect err
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'git branch -m should work with orphan branches' '
+	test_when_finished git worktree remove -f orphan-worktree &&
+	test_when_finished git checkout - &&
+	git worktree add orphan-worktree --detach &&
+	git -C orphan-worktree checkout --orphan orphan-foo &&
+	git branch -m orphan-foo orphan-bar-wt &&
+	test orphan-bar-wt=$(git -C orphan-worktree branch --show-current) &&
+	git checkout --orphan orphan-foo &&
+	git branch -m orphan-foo orphan-bar &&
+	test orphan-bar=$(git branch --show-current)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'git branch -d on orphan HEAD (merged)' '
 	test_when_finished git checkout main &&
 	git checkout --orphan orphan &&
-- 
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  1. 0/2 branch: operations on orphan branchesRubén Justo, Dec 30, 2022
  2. 1/2 branch: description for orphan branch errorsRubén Justo, Dec 30, 2022
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 1, 2023
  4. Rubén JustoJan 3, 2023
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 4, 2023
  6. Rubén JustoJan 6, 2023
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2023
  8. Rubén JustoJan 7, 2023
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 7, 2023
  10. 2/2 branch: rename orphan branches in any worktreeRubén Justo, Dec 30, 2022
  11. 0/3 branch: operations on orphan branchesRubén Justo, Jan 15, 2023
  12. 1/3 avoid unnecessary worktrees traversingRubén Justo, Jan 16, 2023
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2023
  14. Rubén JustoJan 19, 2023
  15. 2/3 branch: description for orphan branch errorsRubén Justo, Jan 16, 2023
  16. 3/3 branch: rename orphan branches in any worktreeRubén Justo, Jan 16, 2023
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2023
  18. Rubén JustoJan 19, 2023
  19. 3/3 branch: rename orphan branches in any worktreeRubén Justo, Jan 16, 2023
  20. 0/3 branch: operations on orphan branchesRubén Justo, Feb 6, 2023
  21. 1/3 branch: avoid unnecessary worktrees traversalsRubén Justo, Feb 6, 2023
  22. Jonathan TanFeb 11, 2023
  23. Rubén JustoFeb 15, 2023
  24. 2/3 branch: description for orphan branch errorsRubén Justo, Feb 6, 2023
  25. 3/3 branch: rename orphan branches in any worktreeRubén Justo, Feb 6, 2023
  26. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2023
  27. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 7, 2023
  28. Rubén JustoFeb 8, 2023
  29. Junio C HamanoFeb 8, 2023
  30. 0/3 branch: operations on orphan branchesRubén Justo, Feb 22, 2023
  31. 1/3 branch: avoid unnecessary worktrees traversalsRubén Justo, Feb 22, 2023
  32. Rubén JustoFeb 25, 2023
  33. Jonathan TanFeb 27, 2023
  34. Rubén JustoFeb 28, 2023
  35. 2/3 branch: description for orphan branch errorsRubén Justo, Feb 22, 2023
  36. Jonathan TanFeb 27, 2023
  37. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2023
  38. Rubén JustoFeb 28, 2023
  39. 3/3 branch: rename orphan branches in any worktreeRubén Justo, Feb 22, 2023
  40. Jonathan TanFeb 27, 2023
  41. Rubén JustoFeb 28, 2023
  42. 0/5 branch: operations on orphan branchesRubén Justo, Mar 26, 2023
  43. 1/5 branch: test for failures while renaming branchesRubén Justo, Mar 26, 2023
  44. 2/5 branch: use get_worktrees() in copy_or_rename_branch()Rubén Justo, Mar 26, 2023
  45. 3/5 branch: description for orphan branch errorsRubén Justo, Mar 26, 2023
  46. 4/5 branch: rename orphan branches in any worktreeRubén Justo, Mar 26, 2023
  47. 5/5 branch: avoid unnecessary worktrees traversalsRubén Justo, Mar 26, 2023
  48. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2023
  49. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2023

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