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Diffstat (limited to 'src/commit.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/commit.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/commit.c b/src/commit.c index 9621703c3..0c37ec59b 100644 --- a/src/commit.c +++ b/src/commit.c @@ -224,9 +224,18 @@ int git_commit_create( if (error < GIT_SUCCESS) return error; - if (git_reference_type(head) == GIT_REF_SYMBOLIC) { - if ((error = git_reference_resolve(&head, head)) < GIT_SUCCESS) + error = git_reference_resolve(&head, head); + if (error < GIT_SUCCESS) { + if (error != GIT_ENOTFOUND) return error; + /* + * The target of the reference was not found. This can happen + * just after a repository has been initialized (the master + * branch doesn't exist yet, as it doesn't have anything to + * point to) or after an orphan checkout, so if the target + * branch doesn't exist yet, create it and return. + */ + return git_reference_create_oid_f(&head, repo, git_reference_target(head), oid); } error = git_reference_set_oid(head, oid); |