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-rw-r--r--builtin-branch.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index 1a03d5f356..316a8336c6 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -635,10 +635,12 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
rename_branch(head, argv[0], rename > 1);
else if (rename && (argc == 2))
rename_branch(argv[0], argv[1], rename > 1);
- else if (argc <= 2)
+ else if (argc <= 2) {
+ if (kinds != REF_LOCAL_BRANCH)
+ die("-a and -r options to 'git branch' do not make sense with a branch name");
create_branch(head, argv[0], (argc == 2) ? argv[1] : head,
force_create, reflog, track);
- else
+ } else
usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);
return 0;