X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=git-checkout.sh;h=2c053a33c3c78f27150cdd397ad28641787abb3a;hb=4bfe1199eabb41eb1f1d67f4ee24df028eb21300;hp=37afcdda309ca8df52bb5033e5e7f0b771dfa067;hpb=3b944aac3b88773d1fae4352706915aad21f3757;p=git.git

diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index 37afcdda..2c053a33 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
 			die "git checkout: -b needs a branch name"
 		[ -e "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$newbranch" ] &&
 			die "git checkout: branch $newbranch already exists"
+		git-check-ref-format "heads/$newbranch" ||
+			die "we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name."
 		;;
 	"-f")
 		force=1
@@ -71,7 +73,8 @@ if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
 		echo $new > "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$newbranch"
 		branch="$newbranch"
 	fi
-	[ "$branch" ] && ln -sf "refs/heads/$branch" "$GIT_DIR/HEAD"
+	[ "$branch" ] &&
+	GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git-symbolic-ref HEAD "refs/heads/$branch"
 	rm -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD"
 else
 	exit 1