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| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/clone.c | 4 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t5706-clone-branch.sh | 8 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c index 430307b298..21ad9f945c 100644 --- a/builtin/clone.c +++ b/builtin/clone.c @@ -946,6 +946,10 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) our_head_points_at = remote_head_points_at; } else { + if (option_branch) + die(_("Remote branch %s not found in upstream %s"), + option_branch, option_origin); + warning(_("You appear to have cloned an empty repository.")); mapped_refs = NULL; our_head_points_at = NULL; diff --git a/t/t5706-clone-branch.sh b/t/t5706-clone-branch.sh index 56be67e07e..6e7a7be052 100755 --- a/t/t5706-clone-branch.sh +++ b/t/t5706-clone-branch.sh @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' ' echo one >file && git add file && git commit -m one && git checkout -b two && echo two >file && git add file && git commit -m two && - git checkout master) + git checkout master) && + mkdir empty && + (cd empty && git init) ' test_expect_success 'vanilla clone chooses HEAD' ' @@ -61,4 +63,8 @@ test_expect_success 'clone -b with bogus branch' ' test_must_fail git clone -b bogus parent clone-bogus ' +test_expect_success 'clone -b not allowed with empty repos' ' + test_must_fail git clone -b branch empty clone-branch-empty +' + test_done |