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-rw-r--r--builtin/checkout.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index e8110a9243..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)
@@ -981,7 +982,8 @@ static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv,
*/
int recover_with_dwim = dwim_new_local_branch_ok;
- if (check_filename(NULL, arg) && !has_dash_dash)
+ if (!has_dash_dash &&
+ (check_filename(NULL, arg) || !no_wildcard(arg)))
recover_with_dwim = 0;
/*
* Accept "git checkout foo" and "git checkout foo --"