diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index c87e63b02dd3bb0e12e5bf14aec22a0f219867b0..ddc9f2dab7f3b55e4cd0cffbf303a3ad108fd431 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
rename_branch(head, argv[0], rename > 1);
else if (rename && (argc == 2))
rename_branch(argv[0], argv[1], rename > 1);
- else if (argc <= 2)
+ else if (argc <= 2) {
+ if (kinds != REF_LOCAL_BRANCH)
+ die("-a and -r options to 'git branch' do not make sense with a branch name");
create_branch(head, argv[0], (argc == 2) ? argv[1] : head,
force_create, reflog, track);
- else
+ } else
usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);
return 0;