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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin/checkout.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/checkout.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c index 48de146b7..ca855d716 100644 --- a/builtin/checkout.c +++ b/builtin/checkout.c @@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) 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)) { + if (ref_exists(buf.buf)) { opts.branch_exists = 1; if (!opts.new_branch_force) die(_("git checkout: branch %s already exists"), |