[PATCH] builtin/checkout: handle -B from detached HEAD correctly

[PATCH] builtin/checkout: handle -B from detached HEAD correctly

[Tay Ray Chuan]

Ensure that strcmp() isn't called when head is null.

Previously we were getting segfaults when checkout -B was done from a
detached HEAD.

Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
---

  Junio, this goes on top of the 'tc/checkout-B' series.

 branch.c                   |    2 +-
 t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh |    6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
index 2ab42aa..93dc866 100644
--- a/branch.c
+++ b/branch.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void create_branch(const char *head,
 			dont_change_ref = 1;
 		else if (!force)
 			die("A branch named '%s' already exists.", name);
-		else if (!is_bare_repository() && !strcmp(head, name))
+		else if (!is_bare_repository() && head && !strcmp(head, name))
 			die("Cannot force update the current branch.");
 		forcing = 1;
 	}
diff --git a/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh b/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh
index 1caffea..fa69016 100755
--- a/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout -B to an existing branch resets branch to HEAD' '
 	do_checkout branch2 "" -B
 '

+test_expect_success 'checkout -B to an existing branch from detached HEAD resets branch to HEAD' '
+	git checkout $(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+
+	do_checkout branch2 "" -B
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'checkout -B to an existing branch with an explicit ref resets branch to that ref' '
 	git checkout branch1 &&

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