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| -rw-r--r-- | fsck-objects.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fsck-objects.c b/fsck-objects.c index ae0ec8d039..24286de15d 100644 --- a/fsck-objects.c +++ b/fsck-objects.c @@ -425,8 +425,23 @@ static int fsck_handle_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1) static void get_default_heads(void) { for_each_ref(fsck_handle_ref); - if (!default_refs) - die("No default references"); + + /* + * Not having any default heads isn't really fatal, but + * it does mean that "--unreachable" no longer makes any + * sense (since in this case everything will obviously + * be unreachable by definition. + * + * Showing dangling objects is valid, though (as those + * dangling objects are likely lost heads). + * + * So we just print a warning about it, and clear the + * "show_unreachable" flag. + */ + if (!default_refs) { + error("No default references"); + show_unreachable = 0; + } } static void fsck_object_dir(const char *path) |