Merge branch 'maint' into tj/imap-send-remove-unusedtj/maint-imap-send-remove-unused

* maint: (18123 commits)
  documentation fix: git difftool uses diff tools, not merge tools.
  Git 1.7.7.4
  Makefile: add missing header file dependencies
  notes merge: eliminate OUTPUT macro
  mailmap: xcalloc mailmap_info
  name-rev --all: do not even attempt to describe non-commit object
  Git 1.7.7.3
  docs: Update install-doc-quick
  docs: don't mention --quiet or --exit-code in git-log(1)
  Git 1.7.7.2
  t7511: avoid use of reserved filename on Windows.
  clone: Quote user supplied path in a single quote pair
  read-cache.c: fix index memory allocation
  make the sample pre-commit hook script reject names with newlines, too
  Reindent closing bracket using tab instead of spaces
  Git 1.7.7.1
  RelNotes/1.7.7.1: setgid bit patch is about fixing "git init" via Makefile setting
  gitweb: fix regression when filtering out forks
  Almost ready for 1.7.7.1
  pack-objects: don't traverse objects unnecessarily
  ...

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	imap-send.c

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diff --git a/t/t2011-checkout-invalid-head.sh b/t/t2011-checkout-invalid-head.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='checkout switching away from an invalid branch'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	echo hello >world &&
+	git add world &&
+	git commit -m initial
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout should not start branch from a tree' '
+	test_must_fail git checkout -b newbranch master^{tree}
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'checkout master from invalid HEAD' '
+	echo $_z40 >.git/HEAD &&
+	git checkout master --
+'
+
+test_done