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-rw-r--r--builtin-reset.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-reset.c b/builtin-reset.c
index 25b38cee18..31babd0b97 100644
--- a/builtin-reset.c
+++ b/builtin-reset.c
@@ -285,8 +285,10 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (reset_type == NONE)
reset_type = MIXED; /* by default */
- if (reset_type == HARD && is_bare_repository())
- die("hard reset makes no sense in a bare repository");
+ if ((reset_type == HARD || reset_type == MERGE)
+ && !is_inside_work_tree())
+ die("%s reset requires a work tree",
+ reset_type_names[reset_type]);
/* Soft reset does not touch the index file nor the working tree
* at all, but requires them in a good order. Other resets reset