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-rw-r--r--lib/git/objects/commit.py4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/git/objects/commit.py b/lib/git/objects/commit.py
index 4a0e278d..826f684c 100644
--- a/lib/git/objects/commit.py
+++ b/lib/git/objects/commit.py
@@ -357,9 +357,9 @@ class Commit(base.Object, Iterable, diff.Diffable, utils.Traversable):
try:
repo.head.commit = new_commit
except ValueError:
- # head is not yet set to master - create it and set it
+ # head is not yet set to the ref our HEAD points to.
import git.refs
- master = git.refs.Head.create(repo, 'master', commit=new_commit)
+ master = git.refs.Head.create(repo, repo.head.ref, commit=new_commit)
repo.head.reference = master
# END handle empty repositories
# END advance head handling