X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=git-checkout.sh;h=c3825904b60d36edca96506d7f451cf0349b262d;hb=380792390e05e744f9d7eefbc35d1db80e44e27a;hp=4a605cd9c6d76dc99ab0574dc3571db3b64e509c;hpb=7f88c8463caa14ca397048f8e576e348ce73203a;p=git.git

diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index 4a605cd9c..c3825904b 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
 		force=1
 		;;
 	*)
-		rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$arg^0") || exit
+		rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$arg^0" 2>/dev/null) ||
+			die "I don't know any '$arg'."
 		if [ -z "$rev" ]; then
 			echo "unknown flag $arg"
 			exit 1
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@ if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
 		echo $new > "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$newbranch"
 		branch="$newbranch"
 	fi
-	[ "$branch" ] && ln -sf "refs/heads/$branch" "$GIT_DIR/HEAD"
+	[ "$branch" ] &&
+	GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git-symbolic-ref HEAD "refs/heads/$branch"
 	rm -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD"
 else
 	exit 1