diff --git a/builtin-symbolic-ref.c b/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
index bfc78bb3f6eff2f8e39649b9649ae7263f143ad9..ca855a5eb239f4dadccd53369e38db4e78b1d13f 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
+++ b/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
};
git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
- argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, git_symbolic_ref_usage, 0);
+ argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options,
+ git_symbolic_ref_usage, 0);
if (msg &&!*msg)
die("Refusing to perform update with empty message");
switch (argc) {
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: