diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index d0b1a728cb81e041c685b37014688f0684779132..527781728e0706b906a94ddfb8ee2e8bb06fa05e 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
new.name = arg;
if ((new.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1))) {
setup_branch_path(&new);
- if (resolve_ref(new.path, rev, 1, NULL))
- new.commit = lookup_commit_reference(rev);
+
+ if ((check_ref_format(new.path) == CHECK_REF_FORMAT_OK) &&
+ resolve_ref(new.path, rev, 1, NULL))
+ ;
else
new.path = NULL;
parse_commit(new.commit);