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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin-checkout.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin-checkout.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c index b2680466d8..66df0c072c 100644 --- a/builtin-checkout.c +++ b/builtin-checkout.c @@ -733,12 +733,11 @@ no_reference: if (opts.new_branch) { struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT; - strbuf_addstr(&buf, "refs/heads/"); - strbuf_addstr(&buf, opts.new_branch); + if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&buf, opts.new_branch)) + die("git checkout: we do not like '%s' as a branch name.", + opts.new_branch); if (!get_sha1(buf.buf, rev)) die("git checkout: branch %s already exists", opts.new_branch); - if (check_ref_format(buf.buf)) - die("git checkout: we do not like '%s' as a branch name.", opts.new_branch); strbuf_release(&buf); } |