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-rw-r--r--builtin/symbolic-ref.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/symbolic-ref.c b/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
index ce0fde705c..70addef158 100644
--- a/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ int cmd_symbolic_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
ret = check_symref(argv[0], 1, 0, 0);
if (ret)
die("Cannot delete %s, not a symbolic ref", argv[0]);
- return delete_ref(argv[0], NULL, REF_NODEREF);
+ if (!strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD"))
+ die("deleting '%s' is not allowed", argv[0]);
+ return delete_ref(NULL, argv[0], NULL, REF_NODEREF);
}
switch (argc) {
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ int cmd_symbolic_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (!strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD") &&
!starts_with(argv[1], "refs/"))
die("Refusing to point HEAD outside of refs/");
- create_symref(argv[0], argv[1], msg);
+ ret = !!create_symref(argv[0], argv[1], msg);
break;
default:
usage_with_options(git_symbolic_ref_usage, options);