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| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/checkout.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c index 5ada22a390..162c822263 100644 --- a/builtin/checkout.c +++ b/builtin/checkout.c @@ -865,8 +865,6 @@ static int prepare_linked_checkout(const struct checkout_opts *opts, int counter = 0, len, ret; unsigned char rev[20]; - if (!new->commit) - die(_("no branch specified")); if (file_exists(path) && !is_empty_dir(path)) die(_("'%s' already exists"), path); @@ -1303,8 +1301,11 @@ static int checkout_branch(struct checkout_opts *opts, free(head_ref); } - if (opts->new_worktree) + if (opts->new_worktree) { + if (!new->commit) + die(_("no branch specified")); return prepare_linked_checkout(opts, new); + } if (!new->commit && opts->new_branch) { unsigned char rev[20]; |