Show interpreted branch name in error messages

Change the error message when doing: "git branch @{-1}",
"git checkout -b @{-1}", or "git branch -m foo @{-1}"

 * was: A branch named '@{-1}' already exists.
 * now: A branch named 'bar' already exists.

Signed-off-by: Conrad Irwin <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: ConradIrwin

branch.c

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ int validate_new_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref, int force)
 	if (!ref_exists(ref->buf))
 		return 0;
 	else if (!force)
-		die("A branch named '%s' already exists.", name);
+		die("A branch named '%s' already exists.", ref->buf + strlen("refs/heads/"));
 
 	head = resolve_ref("HEAD", sha1, 0, NULL);
 	if (!is_bare_repository() && head && !strcmp(head, ref->buf))

t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh

@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout -b to an existing branch fails' '
 	test_must_fail do_checkout branch2 $HEAD2
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'checkout -b to @{-1} fails with the right branch name' '
+	git reset --hard HEAD &&
+	git checkout branch1 &&
+	git checkout branch2 &&
+	echo  >expect "fatal: A branch named '\''branch1'\'' already exists." &&
+	test_must_fail git checkout -b @{-1} 2>actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'checkout -B to an existing branch resets branch to HEAD' '
 	git checkout branch1 &&