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-rw-r--r--builtin/checkout.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index b76e2c0451..a94b553d05 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -921,6 +921,8 @@ static int switch_unborn_to_new_branch(struct checkout_opts *opts)
int status;
struct strbuf branch_ref = STRBUF_INIT;
+ if (!opts->new_branch)
+ die(_("You are on a branch yet to be born"));
strbuf_addf(&branch_ref, "refs/heads/%s", opts->new_branch);
status = create_symref("HEAD", branch_ref.buf, "checkout -b");
strbuf_release(&branch_ref);