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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/init.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/clone.c | 10 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t5606-clone-options.sh | 15 |
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/init.txt b/Documentation/config/init.txt index 6ae4a38416..dc77f8c844 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/init.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/init.txt @@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ init.templateDir:: (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].) init.defaultBranch:: - Allows overriding the default branch name when initializing - a new repository. + Allows overriding the default branch name e.g. when initializing + a new repository or when cloning an empty repository. diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c index 487b0a42d7..a924e3d780 100644 --- a/builtin/clone.c +++ b/builtin/clone.c @@ -1264,9 +1264,13 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) remote_head_points_at = NULL; remote_head = NULL; option_no_checkout = 1; - if (!option_bare) - install_branch_config(0, "master", option_origin, - "refs/heads/master"); + if (!option_bare) { + const char *branch = git_default_branch_name(); + char *ref = xstrfmt("refs/heads/%s", branch); + + install_branch_config(0, branch, option_origin, ref); + free(ref); + } } write_refspec_config(src_ref_prefix, our_head_points_at, diff --git a/t/t5606-clone-options.sh b/t/t5606-clone-options.sh index 9e24ec88e6..286bfd93ac 100755 --- a/t/t5606-clone-options.sh +++ b/t/t5606-clone-options.sh @@ -35,4 +35,19 @@ test_expect_success 'redirected clone -v does show progress' ' ' +test_expect_success 'chooses correct default initial branch name' ' + git init --bare empty && + git -c init.defaultBranch=up clone empty whats-up && + test refs/heads/up = $(git -C whats-up symbolic-ref HEAD) && + test refs/heads/up = $(git -C whats-up config branch.up.merge) +' + +test_expect_success 'guesses initial branch name correctly' ' + git init --initial-branch=guess initial-branch && + test_commit -C initial-branch no-spoilers && + git -C initial-branch branch abc guess && + git clone initial-branch is-it && + test refs/heads/guess = $(git -C is-it symbolic-ref HEAD) +' + test_done |