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-rw-r--r--builtin/worktree.c17
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index 79d088c4a8..461930858b 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ static int add_worktree(const char *path, const char *refname,
int counter = 0, len, ret;
struct strbuf symref = STRBUF_INIT;
struct commit *commit = NULL;
- unsigned char rev[20];
if (file_exists(path) && !is_empty_dir(path))
die(_("'%s' already exists"), path);
@@ -253,20 +252,14 @@ static int add_worktree(const char *path, const char *refname,
real_path(get_git_common_dir()), name);
/*
* This is to keep resolve_ref() happy. We need a valid HEAD
- * or is_git_directory() will reject the directory. Moreover, HEAD
- * in the new worktree must resolve to the same value as HEAD in
- * the current tree since the command invoked to populate the new
- * worktree will be handed the branch/ref specified by the user.
- * For instance, if the user asks for the new worktree to be based
- * at HEAD~5, then the resolved HEAD~5 in the new worktree must
- * match the resolved HEAD~5 in the current tree in order to match
- * the user's expectation.
+ * or is_git_directory() will reject the directory. Any value which
+ * looks like an object ID will do since it will be immediately
+ * replaced by the symbolic-ref or update-ref invocation in the new
+ * worktree.
*/
- if (!resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", 0, rev, NULL))
- die(_("unable to resolve HEAD"));
strbuf_reset(&sb);
strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/HEAD", sb_repo.buf);
- write_file(sb.buf, 1, "%s\n", sha1_to_hex(rev));
+ write_file(sb.buf, 1, "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000\n");
strbuf_reset(&sb);
strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s/commondir", sb_repo.buf);
write_file(sb.buf, 1, "../..\n");