#
#
# add_dir "tests/warn_on_weird_branch_names"
# 
# add_file "tests/warn_on_weird_branch_names/__driver__.lua"
#  content [28335819f62ef233f16b9eca53cc518addeefba0]
# 
# patch "NEWS"
#  from [47e2effcf2d558cd202ee2c79e2b7437f35aed6b]
#    to [d10c8da088f4fee2dbbb13134c642e89300dd66d]
#
============================================================
--- tests/warn_on_weird_branch_names/__driver__.lua	28335819f62ef233f16b9eca53cc518addeefba0
+++ tests/warn_on_weird_branch_names/__driver__.lua	28335819f62ef233f16b9eca53cc518addeefba0
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+mtn_setup()
+
+addfile("foo", "foofile")
+commit()
+R=base_revision()
+
+local branch_map = {
+    ["com.project"]             = 0,
+    ["com.project.release-1.0"] = 0,
+    ["-com.project"]            = 1,
+    ["com.project*"]            = 1,
+    ["com.pr?ject"]             = 1,
+    ["com.pr[o]j{e}ct"]         = 1,
+    ["com.project-%20"]         = 1,
+    ["com.project-1,0"]         = 1,
+    ["^com.project!"]           = 1
+}
+
+for branch,res in pairs(branch_map) do
+    check(mtn("cert", "--", R, "branch", branch), 0, false, true)
+    if res == 1 then
+        check(qgrep("contains meta characters", "stderr"))
+    else
+        check(not qgrep("contains meta characters", "stderr"))
+    end
+end
============================================================
--- NEWS	47e2effcf2d558cd202ee2c79e2b7437f35aed6b
+++ NEWS	d10c8da088f4fee2dbbb13134c642e89300dd66d
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ Xxx Xxx 99 99:99:99 UTC 2010
           commands such as `clone`, `automate remote` and
           `automate remote_stdio`.
 
+        - The following characters have been deprecated in branch names:
+
+                ?,*%+{}[]!^
+
+          as they denote either meta characters in monotone's URI syntax
+          or in globs which are used to resolve branch patterns.
+          monotone now warns on the creation of branches with those
+          characters and gives further directions.
+
         - The `import` command now keeps the created bookkeeping root if
           --dry-run is not specified.  This makes it possible to re-use
           the import directory as workspace and is also more closely