diff --git a/git-branch.sh b/git-branch.sh
index e2db9063d4c63288c5834046962290ff9dfca127..11d52fd78ed11887006ba23470083e2560439c0c 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-branch.sh
+++ b/git-branch.sh
git-check-ref-format "heads/$branchname" ||
die "we do not like '$branchname' as a branch name."
-echo $rev > "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname"
+git update-ref "refs/heads/$branchname" $rev
+