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-rw-r--r--sha1_name.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index 3bd2ef0e7c..2f75179f4c 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ int dwim_ref(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **ref)
*ref = xstrdup(r);
if (!warn_ambiguous_refs)
break;
- } else if (flag & REF_ISSYMREF)
+ } else if ((flag & REF_ISSYMREF) &&
+ (len != 4 || strcmp(str, "HEAD")))
warning("ignoring dangling symref %s.", fullref);
}
free(last_branch);