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| -rw-r--r-- | branch.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ int validate_new_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref, static const char upstream_not_branch[] = N_("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch."); +static const char upstream_missing[] = +N_("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point does not exist"); void create_branch(const char *head, const char *name, const char *start_name, @@ -227,8 +229,11 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, } real_ref = NULL; - if (get_sha1(start_name, sha1)) + if (get_sha1(start_name, sha1)) { + if (explicit_tracking) + die(_(upstream_missing)); die("Not a valid object name: '%s'.", start_name); + } switch (dwim_ref(start_name, strlen(start_name), sha1, &real_ref)) { case 0: |