diff --git a/builtin-symbolic-ref.c b/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
index bfc78bb3f6eff2f8e39649b9649ae7263f143ad9..6ae6bcc0e8d02d9af8a81a7d694c0bfd2c6c0514 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
+++ b/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
check_symref(argv[0], quiet);
break;
case 2:
+ if (!strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD") &&
+ prefixcmp(argv[1], "refs/"))
+ die("Refusing to point HEAD outside of refs/");
create_symref(argv[0], argv[1], msg);
break;
default: