Allow creation of dangling remotes

1 files changed, 47 insertions, 35 deletions

diff --git a/src/remote.c b/src/remote.c
index 670904b17..3101ff7ba 100644
--- a/src/remote.c
+++ b/src/remote.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ int git_remote_new(git_remote **out, git_repository *repo, const char *name, con
 	git_remote *remote;
 
 	/* name is optional */
-	assert(out && repo && url);
+	assert(out && url);
 
 	remote = git__calloc(1, sizeof(git_remote));
 	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(remote);
@@ -289,6 +289,11 @@ int git_remote_save(const git_remote *remote)
 
 	assert(remote);
 
+	if (!remote->repo) {
+		giterr_set(GITERR_INVALID, "Can't save a dangling remote.");
+		return GIT_ERROR;
+	}
+
 	if ((error = ensure_remote_name_is_valid(remote->name)) < 0)
 		return error;
 
@@ -543,7 +548,7 @@ int git_remote__get_http_proxy(git_remote *remote, bool use_ssl, char **proxy_ur
 
 	assert(remote);
 
-	if (!proxy_url)
+	if (!proxy_url || !remote->repo)
 		return -1;
 
 	*proxy_url = NULL;
@@ -745,6 +750,11 @@ int git_remote_update_tips(git_remote *remote)
 
 	assert(remote);
 
+	if (!remote->repo) {
+		giterr_set(GITERR_INVALID, "Can't update tips on a dangling remote.");
+		return GIT_ERROR;
+	}
+
 	spec = &remote->fetch;
 	
 	if (git_repository_odb__weakptr(&odb, remote->repo) < 0)
@@ -1293,49 +1303,51 @@ int git_remote_rename(
 
 	assert(remote && new_name);
 
-	if ((error = ensure_remote_doesnot_exist(remote->repo, new_name)) < 0)
-		return error;
-
 	if ((error = ensure_remote_name_is_valid(new_name)) < 0)
 		return error;
 
-	if (!remote->name) {
-		if ((error = rename_fetch_refspecs(
-			remote,
-			new_name,
-			callback,
-			payload)) < 0)
+	if (remote->repo) {
+		if ((error = ensure_remote_doesnot_exist(remote->repo, new_name)) < 0)
 			return error;
 
-		remote->name = git__strdup(new_name);
+		if (!remote->name) {
+			if ((error = rename_fetch_refspecs(
+				remote,
+				new_name,
+				callback,
+				payload)) < 0)
+				return error;
 
-		return git_remote_save(remote);
-	}
+			remote->name = git__strdup(new_name);
 
-	if ((error = rename_remote_config_section(
-		remote->repo,
-		remote->name,
-		new_name)) < 0)
-			return error;
+			return git_remote_save(remote);
+		}
 
-	if ((error = update_branch_remote_config_entry(
-		remote->repo,
-		remote->name,
-		new_name)) < 0)
-			return error;
+		if ((error = rename_remote_config_section(
+			remote->repo,
+			remote->name,
+			new_name)) < 0)
+				return error;
 
-	if ((error = rename_remote_references(
-		remote->repo,
-		remote->name,
-		new_name)) < 0)
-			return error;
+		if ((error = update_branch_remote_config_entry(
+			remote->repo,
+			remote->name,
+			new_name)) < 0)
+				return error;
 
-	if ((error = rename_fetch_refspecs(
-		remote,
-		new_name,
-		callback,
-		payload)) < 0)
-		return error;
+		if ((error = rename_remote_references(
+			remote->repo,
+			remote->name,
+			new_name)) < 0)
+				return error;
+
+		if ((error = rename_fetch_refspecs(
+			remote,
+			new_name,
+			callback,
+			payload)) < 0)
+			return error;
+	}
 
 	git__free(remote->name);
 	remote->name = git__strdup(new_name);