commit df09a46d7cec6d4a523a0bb7d740d70b3ac7c663
author tandrii <tandrii@chromium.org> Thu Aug 18 16:23:55 2016 -0700
committer Commit bot <commit-bot@chromium.org> Thu Aug 18 16:23:55 2016 -0700
tree d4134346376eff18fd1a306e5e4a91de45d979b6
parent 5d48c32f3d75691589c371266152b00aab355602

git cl patch: bail out quickly if there is no branch.

This is because later calls to SetIssue() would fail.

R=michaelpg@chromium.org
BUG=611020

Review-Url: https://codereview.chromium.org/2259993002

git_cl.py

diff --git a/git_cl.py b/git_cl.py
index 8a5dc73..3acfdbb 100755
--- a/git_cl.py
+++ b/git_cl.py
@@ -4409,6 +4409,8 @@
       RunGit(['branch', '-D', options.newbranch],
              stderr=subprocess2.PIPE, error_ok=True)
     RunGit(['new-branch', options.newbranch])
+  elif not GetCurrentBranch():
+    DieWithError('A branch is required to apply patch. Hint: use -b option.')
 
   cl = Changelist(auth_config=auth_config, codereview=options.forced_codereview)