X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=git-bisect.sh;h=99efbe884528ffa730d6c0297e20d9de93d5ad9e;hb=b919f8404a9e212b3b9d602d4060e440072a0303;hp=2524060475ef369c0b9a4641aa88dc2ad6083da4;hpb=e2d0a2e440bcf3d3f4134317ba539d79d4092918;p=git.git

diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh
index 252406047..99efbe884 100755
--- a/git-bisect.sh
+++ b/git-bisect.sh
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ bisect_start() {
 		start_head=$(cat "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_START")
 		if test "z$mode" != "z--no-checkout"
 		then
-			git checkout "$start_head" --
+			git checkout "$start_head" -- ||
+			die "$(eval_gettext "Checking out '\$start_head' failed. Try 'git bisect reset <validbranch>'.")"
 		fi
 	else
 		# Get rev from where we start.