Merge branch 'jc/maint-do-not-switch-to-non-commit'

[git.git] / builtin-checkout.c

diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index c2c05613b67d7cc8bd3500bdbca4fc3533afaeee..b5dd9c07b42e0130384259715730f52bc8c4e6c3 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -681,8 +681,8 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                argv++;
                argc--;
 
+               new.name = arg;
                if ((new.commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1))) {
-                       new.name = arg;
                        setup_branch_path(&new);
                        if (resolve_ref(new.path, rev, 1, NULL))
                                new.commit = lookup_commit_reference(rev);