Re: [PATCH v2] status: fix branch shown when not only bisecting

> In 83c750acde (wt-status.*: better advice for git status added,
> 2012-06-05), git-status received new informative messages to describe
> the ongoing work in a worktree.
>
> These messages were enhanced in 0722c805d6 (status: show the branch name
> if possible in in-progress info, 2013-02-03), to show, if possible, the
> branch where the operation was initiated.
>
> Since then, we show incorrect information when several operations are in
> progress and one of them is bisect:
>
>    $ git checkout -b foo
>    $ GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR='echo break >' git rebase -i HEAD~
>    $ git checkout -b bar
>    $ git bisect start
>    $ git status
>    ...
>
>    You are currently editing a commit while rebasing branch 'bar' on '...'.
>
>    You are currently bisecting, started from branch 'bar'.
>
>    ...
>
> Note that we erroneously say "while rebasing branch 'bar'" when we
> should be referring to "foo".
>
> This must have gone unnoticed for so long because it must be unusual to
> start a bisection while another operation is in progress.  And even less
> usual to involve different branches.
>
> It caught my attention reviewing a leak introduced in 8b87cfd000
> (wt-status: move strbuf into read_and_strip_branch(), 2013-03-16).
>
> A simple change to deal with this situation can be to record in struct
> wt_status_state, the branch where the bisect starts separately from the
> branch related to other operations.
>
> Let's do it and so we'll be able to display correct information and
> we'll avoid the leak as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com>
>
> ---
>
> Let's try again.