branch: delete symref branch, not its target

If a branch that is to be deleted happens to be a symref to another
branch, the current code removes the targeted branch instead of the
one it was called for.

Change this surprising behaviour and delete the symref branch
instead.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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René Scharfe 2012-10-18 14:05:17 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 22ed792753
commit 566c7707db
2 changed files with 12 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds,
continue;
}
if (delete_ref(name, sha1, 0)) {
if (delete_ref(name, sha1, REF_NODEREF)) {
error(remote_branch
? _("Error deleting remote branch '%s'")
: _("Error deleting branch '%s'"),

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@ -262,6 +262,17 @@ test_expect_success 'config information was renamed, too' \
"test $(git config branch.s.dummy) = Hello &&
test_must_fail git config branch.s/s/dummy"
test_expect_success 'deleting a symref' '
git branch target &&
git symbolic-ref refs/heads/symref refs/heads/target &&
sha1=$(git rev-parse symref | cut -c 1-7) &&
echo "Deleted branch symref (was $sha1)." >expect &&
git branch -d symref >actual &&
test_path_is_file .git/refs/heads/target &&
test_path_is_missing .git/refs/heads/symref &&
test_i18ncmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'renaming a symref is not allowed' \
'
git symbolic-ref refs/heads/master2 refs/heads/master &&