diff --git a/git-branch.sh b/git-branch.sh
index e2db9063d4c63288c5834046962290ff9dfca127..67f113acb9abc2bbcd444de42326854bdd88ba4a 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."
+leading=`expr "refs/heads/$branchname" : '\(.*\)/'` &&
+mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/$leading" &&
echo $rev > "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname"