builtin/branch.c: remove useless branch_get

branch_get sometimes returns current_branch, which can be NULL (e.g., if
you're on a detached HEAD). Try:

  $ git branch HEAD
  fatal: no such branch 'HEAD'

  $ git branch ''
  fatal: no such branch ''

However, it seems weird that we'd check those cases here (and provide
such lousy messages). And indeed, dropping that and letting us
eventually hit create_branch() gives a much better message:

  $ git branch HEAD
  fatal: 'HEAD' is not a valid branch name.

  $ git branch ''
  fatal: '' is not a valid branch name.

Signed-off-by: Tao Qingyun <taoqy@ls-a.me>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index bbd006aab4b..daf054598ba 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -828,11 +828,6 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		git_config_set_multivar(buf.buf, NULL, NULL, 1);
 		strbuf_release(&buf);
 	} else if (argc > 0 && argc <= 2) {
-		struct branch *branch = branch_get(argv[0]);
-
-		if (!branch)
-			die(_("no such branch '%s'"), argv[0]);
-
 		if (filter.kind != FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES)
 			die(_("-a and -r options to 'git branch' do not make sense with a branch name"));