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-rw-r--r--builtin/branch.c9
-rwxr-xr-xt/t3200-branch.sh16
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 51ca6a02d7..24f33b241e 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ static void rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int force)
unsigned char sha1[20];
struct strbuf oldsection = STRBUF_INIT, newsection = STRBUF_INIT;
int recovery = 0;
+ int clobber_head_ok;
if (!oldname)
die(_("cannot rename the current branch while not on any."));
@@ -583,7 +584,13 @@ static void rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int force)
die(_("Invalid branch name: '%s'"), oldname);
}
- validate_new_branchname(newname, &newref, force, 0);
+ /*
+ * A command like "git branch -M currentbranch currentbranch" cannot
+ * cause the worktree to become inconsistent with HEAD, so allow it.
+ */
+ clobber_head_ok = !strcmp(oldname, newname);
+
+ validate_new_branchname(newname, &newref, force, clobber_head_ok);
strbuf_addf(&logmsg, "Branch: renamed %s to %s",
oldref.buf, newref.buf);
diff --git a/t/t3200-branch.sh b/t/t3200-branch.sh
index bc73c2099b..76903323af 100755
--- a/t/t3200-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t3200-branch.sh
@@ -115,6 +115,22 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch -M baz bam should succeed when baz is checked ou
git branch -M baz bam
'
+test_expect_success 'git branch -M master should work when master is checked out' '
+ git checkout master &&
+ git branch -M master
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git branch -M master master should work when master is checked out' '
+ git checkout master &&
+ git branch -M master master
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git branch -M master2 master2 should work when master is checked out' '
+ git checkout master &&
+ git branch master2 &&
+ git branch -M master2 master2
+'
+
test_expect_success 'git branch -v -d t should work' '
git branch t &&
test_path_is_file .git/refs/heads/t &&