From 0661231128430062a02520b7f47a037f69be5b20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephen Haberman <stephen@exigencecorp.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:23:35 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] New branches should not get the update your local branch
 message.

---
 server/update-ensure-follows         |  2 +-
 tests/t2700-server-ensure-follows.sh | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/update-ensure-follows b/server/update-ensure-follows
index a3c6b92..65fb021 100644
--- a/server/update-ensure-follows
+++ b/server/update-ensure-follows
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ for ((i = 0 ; i < count ; i++)) do
 			# If for some reason people are stupid and push with a --force flag,
 			# we should warn them to update first in case one of their teammates
 			# already merged for them
-			if [ "$(git merge-base $oldrev $newrev)" != "$oldrev" ] ; then
+			if [ "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" != "$oldrev" -a "$(git merge-base $oldrev $newrev)" != "$oldrev" ] ; then
 				display_error_message "You need to update your local branch $short_refname"
 			else
 				display_error_message "You need to merge $follow into $short_refname"
diff --git a/tests/t2700-server-ensure-follows.sh b/tests/t2700-server-ensure-follows.sh
index 0f9b8f9..514ca73 100644
--- a/tests/t2700-server-ensure-follows.sh
+++ b/tests/t2700-server-ensure-follows.sh
@@ -135,5 +135,24 @@ test_expect_success 'excused branch with moved stable is okay' '
 	git push origin topic2
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'new branch without stable gets nicer error' '
+	git checkout -b topic3 stable &&
+	echo "$test_name" >a.topic3 &&
+	git add a.topic3 &&
+	git commit -m "Change on topic3" &&
+
+	git checkout stable &&
+	echo "$test_name" >a &&
+	git commit -a -m "Change on stable" &&
+	git push origin stable &&
+
+	git checkout topic3 &&
+	! git push origin topic3 2>push.err &&
+	grep "You need to merge stable into topic3" push.err &&
+
+	git merge stable &&
+	git push origin topic3
+'
+
 test_done
 
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