fix #451

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# 5.3.3
+- Fix: `mob start` now functions correctly on WIP branches when the base branch is not checked out, applicable to branch names that do not contain a `-` character.
+
 # 5.3.2
 - Fix: Removed wrong warning about diverging wip branch when joining a new session
 

mob.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	versionNumber     = "5.3.2"
+	versionNumber     = "5.3.3"
 	minimumGitVersion = "2.13.0"
 )
 
@@ -122,6 +122,19 @@ func (branch Branch) hasRemoteBranch(configuration config.Configuration) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func (branch Branch) hasLocalBranch(localBranches []string) bool {
+	say.Debug("Local Branches: " + strings.Join(localBranches, "\n"))
+	say.Debug("Local Branch: " + branch.Name)
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(localBranches); i++ {
+		if localBranches[i] == branch.Name {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 func (branch Branch) IsWipBranch(configuration config.Configuration) bool {
 	if branch.Name == "mob-session" {
 		return true
@@ -536,7 +549,9 @@ func start(configuration config.Configuration) error {
 	}
 
 	git("fetch", configuration.RemoteName, "--prune")
-	currentBaseBranch, currentWipBranch := determineBranches(gitCurrentBranch(), gitBranches(), configuration)
+	currentBranch := gitCurrentBranch()
+	localBranches := gitBranches()
+	currentBaseBranch, currentWipBranch := determineBranches(currentBranch, localBranches, configuration)
 
 	if !currentWipBranch.hasRemoteBranch(configuration) && configuration.StartJoin {
 		say.Error("Remote wip branch " + currentWipBranch.remote(configuration).String() + " is missing")
@@ -551,6 +566,11 @@ func start(configuration config.Configuration) error {
 
 	createRemoteBranch(configuration, currentBaseBranch)
 
+	if !currentBaseBranch.hasLocalBranch(localBranches) {
+		silentgit("checkout", "-b", currentBaseBranch.Name)
+		silentgit("checkout", currentBranch.Name)
+	}
+
 	if currentBaseBranch.hasUnpushedCommits(configuration) {
 		say.Error("cannot start; unpushed changes on base branch must be pushed upstream")
 		say.Fix("to fix this, push those commits and try again", "git push "+configuration.RemoteName+" "+currentBaseBranch.String())

mob_test.go

@@ -1884,6 +1884,27 @@ func TestMobClean(t *testing.T) {
 	assertNoMobSessionBranches(t, configuration, "mob-session")
 }
 
+func TestMobStartOnWipBranchWithoutCheckedOutBaseBranchWithoutHyphens(t *testing.T) {
+	output, configuration := setup(t)
+
+	setWorkingDir(tempDir + "/alice")
+	git("checkout", "-b", "basebranchwithouthyphen")
+	configuration.StartCreate = true
+	start(configuration)
+	assertOnBranch(t, "mob/basebranchwithouthyphen")
+	createFile(t, "file1.txt", "abc")
+	next(configuration)
+	assertOnBranch(t, "basebranchwithouthyphen")
+
+	setWorkingDir(tempDir + "/bob")
+	git("checkout", "-b", "mob/basebranchwithouthyphen")
+	configuration.StartCreate = false
+
+	assertNoError(t, start(configuration))
+	assertOnBranch(t, "mob/basebranchwithouthyphen")
+	assertOutputContains(t, output, "joining existing session from origin/mob/basebranchwithouthyphen")
+}
+
 func TestGitVersionParse(t *testing.T) {
 	// Check real examples
 	equals(t, GitVersion{2, 34, 1}, parseGitVersion("git version 2.34.1"))
@@ -2093,7 +2114,7 @@ func setWorkingDir(dir string) {
 
 func assertNoError(t *testing.T, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
-		failWithFailure(t, err, nil)
+		failWithFailure(t, nil, err)
 	}
 
 }