Merge branch 'nd/resolve-ref'

[git.git] / builtin / checkout.c

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 51840b9784f0daec21087ec101304eaa6cbf73cd..b7c630287dda662630af9883655ed23bd50e7b7e 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static int checkout_paths(struct tree *source_tree, const char **pathspec,
            commit_locked_index(lock_file))
                die(_("unable to write new index file"));
 
-       resolve_ref("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag);
+       read_ref_full("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag);
        head = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1);
 
        errs |= post_checkout_hook(head, head, 0);
@@ -699,7 +699,9 @@ static int switch_branches(struct checkout_opts *opts, struct branch_info *new)
        unsigned char rev[20];
        int flag;
        memset(&old, 0, sizeof(old));
-       old.path = xstrdup(resolve_ref("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag));
+       old.path = resolve_ref("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag);
+       if (old.path)
+               old.path = xstrdup(old.path);
        old.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1);
        if (!(flag & REF_ISSYMREF)) {
                free((char *)old.path);
@@ -866,7 +868,7 @@ static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv,
        setup_branch_path(new);
 
        if (!check_refname_format(new->path, 0) &&
-           resolve_ref(new->path, branch_rev, 1, NULL))
+           !read_ref(new->path, branch_rev))
                hashcpy(rev, branch_rev);
        else
                new->path = NULL; /* not an existing branch */