Method create_branch

gitless/core.py:465–480

(self, name, head)

  # Branch-related methods

  def create_branch(self, name, head):
    if self.lookup_branch(name):
      raise GlError(
          'Branch {0} already exists in remote repository {1}'.format(
              name, self.name))
    # Push won't let us push the creation of a new branch from a SHA. So we
    # create a temporary local ref, make it point to the commit, and do the
    # push
    tmp_b = self.gl_repo.create_branch('gl_tmp_ref', head)
    try:
      git.push(self.name, '{0}:{1}'.format(tmp_b, name))
      return self.lookup_branch(name)
    except ErrorReturnCode as e:
      raise GlError(stderr(e))
    finally:
      tmp_b.delete()

  def listall_branches(self):
    """Return a list with the names of all the branches in this repository.