chore: Server.new_session: Create session w/o name (#400)

Fixes #399

Author: tony

libtmux/server.py

@@ -535,15 +535,17 @@ def new_session(
         ------
         :exc:`exc.BadSessionName`
         """
-        session_check_name(session_name)
-        assert session_name is not None
-
-        if self.has_session(session_name):
-            if kill_session:
-                self.cmd("kill-session", "-t%s" % session_name)
-                logger.info("session %s exists. killed it." % session_name)
-            else:
-                raise exc.TmuxSessionExists("Session named %s exists" % session_name)
+        if session_name is not None:
+            session_check_name(session_name)
+
+            if self.has_session(session_name):
+                if kill_session:
+                    self.cmd("kill-session", "-t%s" % session_name)
+                    logger.info("session %s exists. killed it." % session_name)
+                else:
+                    raise exc.TmuxSessionExists(
+                        "Session named %s exists" % session_name
+                    )
 
         logger.debug("creating session %s" % session_name)
 

tests/test_server.py

@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ def test_new_session(server: Server) -> None:
     assert server.has_session("test_new_session")
 
 
+def test_new_session_no_name(server: Server) -> None:
+    """Server.new_session works with no name"""
+    mysession = server.new_session()
+    session_name = mysession.get("session_name")
+    assert session_name is not None
+    assert server.has_session(session_name)
+
+
 def test_new_session_shell(server: Server) -> None:
     """Server.new_session creates and returns valid session running with
     specified command"""