X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=git-checkout.sh;h=c3825904b60d36edca96506d7f451cf0349b262d;hb=d1c5f2a42d7b5c0e3d3862212dea1f09809c4963;hp=e02c7afbaed52e83a01a68a65ff950b07c04f839;hpb=8ac93bc98f5e868e890e1a740df9f0c6513189c8;p=git.git

diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index e02c7afb..c3825904 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
 		;;
 	*)
 		rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$arg^0" 2>/dev/null) ||
-			die "hey dummy, branch '$arg' doesn't exist."
+			die "I don't know any '$arg'."
 		if [ -z "$rev" ]; then
 			echo "unknown flag $arg"
 			exit 1
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ if [ "$?" -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