Re: [PATCH 0/3] Re: [PATCH] check-ref-format: require a repository for --branch

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 17, 2017, 07:12 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqefq2nt7w.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20171017070619.bdgvujmbw4uxvwle@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

> Handles the nongit case in strbuf_check_branch_ref instead of
> introducing a new check_branch_ref_format helper.

I view that as a regression, actually. Don't we want a function that does not require a strbuf when asking a simple question: "I have a string, and I want to see if that is a valid name"?

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