Subject: [PATCH] disallow branch names that start with a hyphen

From: Clemens Buchacher <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:08:02 +0200

Branch names such as "-", "--" or even "---" do
not work with git checkout. Anything that starts
with a hyphen is also potentially ambiguous with a
command option.

In order to avoid mistakes, do not allow such
branch names.

Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <[email-masked]>
---
 refs.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index b540067..6884dff 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ int for_each_rawref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
  * Make sure "ref" is something reasonable to have under ".git/refs/";
  * We do not like it if:
  *
- * - any path component of it begins with ".", or
+ * - any path component of it begins with "." or "-", or
  * - it has double dots "..", or
  * - it has ASCII control character, "~", "^", ":" or SP, anywhere, or
  * - it ends with a "/".
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ int check_ref_format(const char *ref)
 			return CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ERROR;
 
 		/* we are at the beginning of the path component */
-		if (ch == '.')
+		if (ch == '.' || ch == '-')
 			return CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ERROR;
 		bad_type = bad_ref_char(ch);
 		if (bad_type) {
-- 
1.7.2.1.1.g202c