When not specifying the start point explicitly, we ended up emitting ^0 in addition to the default HEAD. Be careful to see if we have "$2" before finding out which commit to base the new branch on.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- git-branch-script | 8 +++++++- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) baf3c4ffceae925d836f19382611968699414cd6 diff --git a/git-branch-script b/git-branch-script --- a/git-branch-script +++ b/git-branch-script @@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ . git-sh-setup-script || die "Not a git archive" branchname="$1" -rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify --default HEAD "$2"^0) || exit +case "$2" in +'') + head=HEAD ;; +*) + head="$2^0" ;; +esac +rev=$(git-rev-parse --revs-only --verify "$head") || exit [ -z "$branchname" ] && die "git branch: I want a branch name" [ -e "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname" ] && die "$branchname already exists" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
