+#
+# Switch the HEAD pointer to the new branch if it we
+# checked out a branch head, and remove any potential
+# old MERGE_HEAD's (subsequent commits will clearly not
+# be based on them, since we re-set the index)
+#
+if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
+ if [ "$newbranch" ]; then
+ echo $new > "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$newbranch"
+ branch="$newbranch"
+ fi
+ [ "$branch" ] && ln -sf "refs/heads/$branch" "$GIT_DIR/HEAD"
+ rm -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD"
+else
+ exit 1
+fi