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-rw-r--r--builtin/checkout.c13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 9244827ca0..1afc0773d5 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@ static int merge_working_tree(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
struct tree_desc trees[2];
struct tree *tree;
struct unpack_trees_options topts;
+ const struct object_id *old_commit_oid;
memset(&topts, 0, sizeof(topts));
topts.head_idx = -1;
@@ -765,9 +766,15 @@ static int merge_working_tree(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
&new_branch_info->commit->object.oid :
&new_branch_info->oid, NULL);
topts.preserve_ignored = !opts->overwrite_ignore;
- tree = parse_tree_indirect(old_branch_info->commit ?
- &old_branch_info->commit->object.oid :
- the_hash_algo->empty_tree);
+
+ old_commit_oid = old_branch_info->commit ?
+ &old_branch_info->commit->object.oid :
+ the_hash_algo->empty_tree;
+ tree = parse_tree_indirect(old_commit_oid);
+ if (!tree)
+ die(_("unable to parse commit %s"),
+ oid_to_hex(old_commit_oid));
+
init_tree_desc(&trees[0], tree->buffer, tree->size);
parse_tree(new_tree);
tree = new_tree;