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-rwxr-xr-x | git-cvsimport-script | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/git-cvsimport-script b/git-cvsimport-script index 3f157725c8..1151fb8c0d 100755 --- a/git-cvsimport-script +++ b/git-cvsimport-script @@ -338,6 +338,11 @@ unless(-d $git_dir) { $last_branch = $opt_o; $orig_branch = ""; } else { + -f "$git_dir/refs/head/$opt_o" + or die "Branch '$opt_o' does not exist.\n". + "Either use the correct '-o branch' option,\n". + "or import to a new repository.\n"; + $last_branch = basename(readlink("$git_dir/HEAD")); unless($last_branch) { warn "Cannot read the last branch name: $! -- assuming 'master'\n"; |