From 5fb8ed217c1f7ddfdaa54bdb8384888998734a84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Liu <idiotmax@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:48:16 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] If revision is sha hash and dest-branch is defined, use it
 for starting branch

Change-Id: I538c7d216f72b87629b61aee547d374a398c95da
---
 subcmds/start.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/subcmds/start.py b/subcmds/start.py
index 2d723fc2..60ad41e0 100644
--- a/subcmds/start.py
+++ b/subcmds/start.py
@@ -59,9 +59,13 @@ revision specified in the manifest.
     for project in all_projects:
       pm.update()
       # If the current revision is a specific SHA1 then we can't push back
-      # to it so substitute the manifest default revision instead.
+      # to it; so substitute with dest_branch if defined, or with manifest
+      # default revision instead.
       if IsId(project.revisionExpr):
-        project.revisionExpr = self.manifest.default.revisionExpr
+        if project.dest_branch:
+          project.revisionExpr = project.dest_branch
+        else:
+          project.revisionExpr = self.manifest.default.revisionExpr
       if not project.StartBranch(nb):
         err.append(project)
     pm.end()