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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
index 93dc866f8c..da5c03e565 100644
--- a/branch.c
+++ b/branch.c
@@ -175,9 +175,14 @@ void create_branch(const char *head,
die("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch.");
break;
case 1:
- /* Unique completion -- good, only if it is a real ref */
- if (explicit_tracking && !strcmp(real_ref, "HEAD"))
- die("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch.");
+ /* Unique completion -- good, only if it is a real branch */
+ if (prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/heads/") &&
+ prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/remotes/")) {
+ if (explicit_tracking)
+ die("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch.");
+ else
+ real_ref = NULL;
+ }
break;
default:
die("Ambiguous object name: '%s'.", start_name);