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-rw-r--r--builtin/checkout.c6
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index e9d111bb83..af849c644f 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -621,9 +621,7 @@ static int reset_tree(struct tree *tree, const struct checkout_opts *o,
opts.src_index = &the_index;
opts.dst_index = &the_index;
init_checkout_metadata(&opts.meta, info->refname,
- info->commit ? &info->commit->object.oid :
- is_null_oid(&info->oid) ? &tree->object.oid :
- &info->oid,
+ info->commit ? &info->commit->object.oid : &null_oid,
NULL);
parse_tree(tree);
init_tree_desc(&tree_desc, tree->buffer, tree->size);
@@ -1689,7 +1687,7 @@ static int checkout_main(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
* Try to give more helpful suggestion.
* new_branch && argc > 1 will be caught later.
*/
- if (opts->new_branch && argc == 1)
+ if (opts->new_branch && argc == 1 && !new_branch_info.commit)
die(_("'%s' is not a commit and a branch '%s' cannot be created from it"),
argv[0], opts->new_branch);