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Thu, 23 August 2018 14:48

Eclipse User

Hi,

I have migrated to version 5.0.2 and trying to create a new branch name with "-feat--ure/1.0-" .

Repository.isValidRefName("-feat--ure/1.0-")

returns true.
But I am still getting the exception when doing

git.branchCreate().setName("-feat--ure/1.0-").call()

.
It used to work in version 4.11.0

Has this validation changed?

Starting dash seems to be the problem. Command line Git allows that.

Thanks

[Updated on: Thu, 23 August 2018 15:03] by Moderator

Fri, 24 August 2018 08:54

Eclipse User

yes, see [1] which fixes [2]. Now branch names cannot start with a '-' anymore which is also rejected by native git.

The following checks need to pass with result true for a branch name to be valid [3]:
- Repository.isValidRefName(String refName)
- CreateBranchCommand.isValidBranchName(String branchName)

[1] https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/c/124272/
[2] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=535655
[3] https://git.eclipse.org/r/plugins/gitiles/jgit/jgit/+/master/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CreateBranchCommand.java#288

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