Let 0-commit stable branches move on.

diff --git a/server/update-stable b/server/update-stable
index 7caf865..e7688db 100644 (file)
--- a/server/update-stable
+++ b/server/update-stable
@@ -124,8 +124,12 @@ else
        # Check if topic is already in candidates
        candidate=$(git branch --contains "$oldrev" | grep -oP "candidate.*" --max-count=1)
        if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
-               display_error_message "$short_refname has been merged into $candidate"
-               exit 1
+               # Okay, it's in stable...but was it previously just a 0-commit initial banch?
+               git rev-list --first-parent stable | grep --quiet "$oldrev"
+               if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+                       display_error_message "$short_refname has been merged into $candidate"
+                       exit 1
+               fi
        fi
 fi
 

diff --git a/tests/t2102-server-update-stable-candidate.sh b/tests/t2102-server-update-stable-candidate.sh
index b36dd1f..d07af4a 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/t2102-server-update-stable-candidate.sh
+++ b/tests/t2102-server-update-stable-candidate.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ test_expect_success 'create candidate1' '
        git push origin candidate1
 '
 
+test_expect_success '0-commit branches are not caught by future stable' '
+       git checkout -b topic4 stable &&
+       git push origin topic4 &&
+
+       echo "$test_name" > a &&
+       git commit -a -m "$test_name" &&
+       git push origin topic4
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'topic1 cannot be changed' '
        git checkout topic1 &&
        echo "$test_name" >a.topic1 &&