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-rw-r--r--sha1_name.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index c2fe1aae52..e2d576ad7b 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -862,8 +862,11 @@ int interpret_branch_name(const char *name, struct strbuf *buf)
*/
if (!upstream)
return error("HEAD does not point to a branch");
- if (!upstream->merge || !upstream->merge[0]->dst)
+ if (!upstream->merge || !upstream->merge[0]->dst) {
+ if (!ref_exists(upstream->refname))
+ return error("No such branch: '%s'", cp);
return error("No upstream branch found for '%s'", upstream->name);
+ }
free(cp);
cp = shorten_unambiguous_ref(upstream->merge[0]->dst, 0);
strbuf_reset(buf);