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-rw-r--r--builtin-branch.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index 740828505..8956d0f84 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -623,9 +623,10 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
(rename && force_create))
usage(builtin_branch_usage);
- head = xstrdup(resolve_ref("HEAD", head_sha1, 0, NULL));
+ head = resolve_ref("HEAD", head_sha1, 0, NULL);
if (!head)
die("Failed to resolve HEAD as a valid ref.");
+ head = xstrdup(head);
if (!strcmp(head, "HEAD")) {
detached = 1;
}