Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Re: [PATCH] check-ref-format: require a repository for --branch

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:12:19 +0900

Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]> writes:

> Handles the nongit case in strbuf_check_branch_ref instead of
> introducing a new check_branch_ref_format helper.

I view that as a regression, actually.  Don't we want a function
that does not require a strbuf when asking a simple question: "I
have a string, and I want to see if that is a valid name"?