diff --git a/builtin-symbolic-ref.c b/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
index b49bdb6900f2c49b55880f9f220597bf3f156810..cafc4eba7cc0f8e2c89d49403b56bb746fe14545 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
+++ b/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
#include "parse-options.h"
static const char * const git_symbolic_ref_usage[] = {
- "git-symbolic-ref [options] name [ref]",
+ "git symbolic-ref [options] name [ref]",
NULL
};
check_symref(argv[0], quiet);
break;
case 2:
+ if (!strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD") &&
+ prefixcmp(argv[1], "refs/heads/"))
+ die("Refusing to point HEAD outside of refs/heads/");
create_symref(argv[0], argv[1], msg);
break;
default: