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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin/checkout.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/checkout.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c index a6e30931b5..067c251933 100644 --- a/builtin/checkout.c +++ b/builtin/checkout.c @@ -1224,7 +1224,9 @@ static void setup_new_branch_info_and_source_tree( struct tree **source_tree = &opts->source_tree; struct object_id branch_rev; - new_branch_info->name = xstrdup(arg); + /* treat '@' as a shortcut for 'HEAD' */ + new_branch_info->name = !strcmp(arg, "@") ? xstrdup("HEAD") : + xstrdup(arg); setup_branch_path(new_branch_info); if (!check_refname_format(new_branch_info->path, 0) && |