chore: add test case to show branch name with period worksjlvillal/dot_branch

Add a test case to show that a branch name with a period can be
fetched with a `get()`

Closes: #1715

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/functional/api/test_branches.py b/tests/functional/api/test_branches.py
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+"""
+GitLab API:
+https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/branches.html
+"""
+
+
+def test_branch_name_with_period(project):
+    # Make sure we can create and get a branch name containing a period '.'
+    branch_name = "my.branch.name"
+    branch = project.branches.create({"branch": branch_name, "ref": "main"})
+    assert branch.name == branch_name
+
+    # Ensure we can get the branch
+    fetched_branch = project.branches.get(branch_name)
+    assert branch.name == fetched_branch.name
+
+    branch.delete()