// Copyright 2016 The Gogs Authors. All rights reserved.
// Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package models
import (
"fmt"
"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
)
// CanCreateBranch returns true if repository meets the requirements for creating new branches.
func (repo *Repository) CanCreateBranch() bool {
return !repo.IsMirror
}
// GetBranch returns a branch by its name
func (repo *Repository) GetBranch(branch string) (*git.Branch, error) {
gitRepo, err := git.OpenRepository(repo.RepoPath())
if err != nil {
return nil, err
defer gitRepo.Close()
return gitRepo.GetBranch(branch)
// GetBranches returns all the branches of a repository
func (repo *Repository) GetBranches() ([]*git.Branch, error) {
return git.GetBranchesByPath(repo.RepoPath())
// CheckBranchName validates branch name with existing repository branches
func (repo *Repository) CheckBranchName(name string) error {
return err
branches, err := repo.GetBranches()
for _, branch := range branches {
if branch.Name == name {
return ErrBranchAlreadyExists{branch.Name}
} else if (len(branch.Name) < len(name) && branch.Name+"/" == name[0:len(branch.Name)+1]) ||
(len(branch.Name) > len(name) && name+"/" == branch.Name[0:len(name)+1]) {
return ErrBranchNameConflict{branch.Name}
if _, err := gitRepo.GetTag(name); err == nil {
return ErrTagAlreadyExists{name}
return nil
// CreateNewBranch creates a new repository branch
func (repo *Repository) CreateNewBranch(doer *User, oldBranchName, branchName string) (err error) {
// Check if branch name can be used
if err := repo.CheckBranchName(branchName); err != nil {
if !git.IsBranchExist(repo.RepoPath(), oldBranchName) {
return fmt.Errorf("OldBranch: %s does not exist. Cannot create new branch from this", oldBranchName)
basePath, err := CreateTemporaryPath("branch-maker")
defer func() {
if err := RemoveTemporaryPath(basePath); err != nil {
log.Error("CreateNewBranch: RemoveTemporaryPath: %s", err)
}()
if err := git.Clone(repo.RepoPath(), basePath, git.CloneRepoOptions{
Bare: true,
Shared: true,
}); err != nil {
log.Error("Failed to clone repository: %s (%v)", repo.FullName(), err)
return fmt.Errorf("Failed to clone repository: %s (%v)", repo.FullName(), err)
gitRepo, err := git.OpenRepository(basePath)
log.Error("Unable to open temporary repository: %s (%v)", basePath, err)
return fmt.Errorf("Failed to open new temporary repository in: %s %v", basePath, err)
if err = gitRepo.CreateBranch(branchName, oldBranchName); err != nil {
log.Error("Unable to create branch: %s from %s. (%v)", branchName, oldBranchName, err)
return fmt.Errorf("Unable to create branch: %s from %s. (%v)", branchName, oldBranchName, err)
if err = git.Push(basePath, git.PushOptions{
Remote: "origin",
Branch: branchName,
Env: PushingEnvironment(doer, repo),
return fmt.Errorf("Push: %v", err)
// CreateNewBranchFromCommit creates a new repository branch
func (repo *Repository) CreateNewBranchFromCommit(doer *User, commit, branchName string) (err error) {
log.Error("CreateNewBranchFromCommit: RemoveTemporaryPath: %s", err)
if err = gitRepo.CreateBranch(branchName, commit); err != nil {
log.Error("Unable to create branch: %s from %s. (%v)", branchName, commit, err)
return fmt.Errorf("Unable to create branch: %s from %s. (%v)", branchName, commit, err)