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-rw-r--r--builtin-checkout.c7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index b2680466d..66df0c072 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -733,12 +733,11 @@ no_reference:
if (opts.new_branch) {
struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
- strbuf_addstr(&buf, "refs/heads/");
- strbuf_addstr(&buf, opts.new_branch);
+ if (strbuf_check_branch_ref(&buf, opts.new_branch))
+ die("git checkout: we do not like '%s' as a branch name.",
+ opts.new_branch);
if (!get_sha1(buf.buf, rev))
die("git checkout: branch %s already exists", opts.new_branch);
- if (check_ref_format(buf.buf))
- die("git checkout: we do not like '%s' as a branch name.", opts.new_branch);
strbuf_release(&buf);
}