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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin/checkout.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/checkout.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c index d53ab75ac9..efcbd8f6b5 100644 --- a/builtin/checkout.c +++ b/builtin/checkout.c @@ -661,7 +661,8 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(const struct checkout_opts *opts, describe_detached_head(_("HEAD is now at"), new->commit); } } else if (new->path) { /* Switch branches. */ - create_symref("HEAD", new->path, msg.buf); + if (create_symref("HEAD", new->path, msg.buf) < 0) + die(_("unable to update HEAD")); if (!opts->quiet) { if (old->path && !strcmp(new->path, old->path)) { if (opts->new_branch_force) |