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diff --git a/builtin-symbolic-ref.c b/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
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+#include "builtin.h"
+#include "cache.h"
+
+static const char git_symbolic_ref_usage[] =
+"git-symbolic-ref name [ref]";
+
+static void check_symref(const char *HEAD)
+{
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	const char *git_HEAD = strdup(git_path("%s", HEAD));
+	const char *git_refs_heads_master = resolve_ref(git_HEAD, sha1, 0);
+	if (git_refs_heads_master) {
+		/* we want to strip the .git/ part */
+		int pfxlen = strlen(git_HEAD) - strlen(HEAD);
+		puts(git_refs_heads_master + pfxlen);
+	}
+	else
+		die("No such ref: %s", HEAD);
+}
+
+int cmd_symbolic_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	git_config(git_default_config);
+	switch (argc) {
+	case 2:
+		check_symref(argv[1]);
+		break;
+	case 3:
+		create_symref(strdup(git_path("%s", argv[1])), argv[2]);
+		break;
+	default:
+		usage(git_symbolic_ref_usage);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}