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Diffstat (limited to 'branch.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | branch.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -175,9 +175,14 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, die("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch."); break; case 1: - /* Unique completion -- good, only if it is a real ref */ - if (explicit_tracking && !strcmp(real_ref, "HEAD")) - die("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch."); + /* Unique completion -- good, only if it is a real branch */ + if (prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/heads/") && + prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/remotes/")) { + if (explicit_tracking) + die("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch."); + else + real_ref = NULL; + } break; default: die("Ambiguous object name: '%s'.", start_name); |