X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=git-bisect.sh;h=99efbe884528ffa730d6c0297e20d9de93d5ad9e;hb=dddc411f7abbd82f6fa7d323711b8a7b94a1abc2;hp=2524060475ef369c0b9a4641aa88dc2ad6083da4;hpb=a4fdd79f13ec0551be94d7a3ac57e87434239f11;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.