Merge branch 'maint-1.6.0' into maint

* maint-1.6.0:
  branch: die explicitly why when calling "git branch [-a|-r] branchname".

builtin-branch.c

@@ -638,10 +638,12 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		rename_branch(head, argv[0], rename > 1);
 	else if (rename && (argc == 2))
 		rename_branch(argv[0], argv[1], rename > 1);
-	else if (argc <= 2)
+	else if (argc <= 2) {
+		if (kinds != REF_LOCAL_BRANCH)
+			die("-a and -r options to 'git branch' do not make sense with a branch name");
 		create_branch(head, argv[0], (argc == 2) ? argv[1] : head,
 			      force_create, reflog, track);
-	else
+	} else
 		usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);
 
 	return 0;

t/t5403-post-checkout-hook.sh

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 	git update-ref refs/heads/master $commit0 &&
 	git clone ./. clone1 &&
 	git clone ./. clone2 &&
-        GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git branch -a new2 &&
+	GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git branch new2 &&
 	echo Data for commit1. >clone2/b &&
 	GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git add clone2/b &&
 	GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git commit -m new2