[PATCH] Improve the compilation-time settings interface

[git.git] / git-branch-script

diff --git a/git-branch-script b/git-branch-script
index ade0abf..041ca51 100755 (executable)
--- 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"