--- a/mercurial/scmutil.py Wed Oct 17 21:39:07 2012 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/scmutil.py Wed Oct 17 21:42:06 2012 -0500
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@
else:
ui.status(_("no changes found\n"))
-def checknewlabel(repo, lbl):
+def checknewlabel(repo, lbl, kind):
if lbl in ['tip', '.', 'null']:
raise util.Abort(_("the name '%s' is reserved") % lbl)
+ for c in (':', '\0', '\n', '\r'):
+ if c in lbl:
+ raise util.Abort(_("%r cannot be used in a %s name") %
+ (c, kind))
def checkfilename(f):
'''Check that the filename f is an acceptable filename for a tracked file'''