strbuf_branchname(): a wrapper for branch name shorthands
The function takes a user-supplied string that is supposed to be a branch
name, and puts it in a strbuf after expanding possible shorthand notation.
A handful of open coded sequence to do this in the existing code have been
changed to use this helper function.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/builtin-merge.c b/builtin-merge.c
index e94ea7c..6a51823 100644
--- a/builtin-merge.c
+++ b/builtin-merge.c
@@ -360,9 +360,8 @@
const char *ptr;
int len, early;
- len = strlen(remote);
- if (interpret_branch_name(remote, &bname) == len)
- remote = bname.buf;
+ strbuf_branchname(&bname, remote);
+ remote = bname.buf;
memset(branch_head, 0, sizeof(branch_head));
remote_head = peel_to_type(remote, 0, NULL, OBJ_COMMIT);
