Merge branch 'development' into unmerged

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/commit.c b/src/commit.c
index 9621703c3..54d7a47fe 100644
--- a/src/commit.c
+++ b/src/commit.c
@@ -224,9 +224,18 @@ int git_commit_create(
 		if (error < GIT_SUCCESS)
 			return error;
 
-		if (git_reference_type(head) == GIT_REF_SYMBOLIC) {
-			if ((error = git_reference_resolve(&head, head)) < GIT_SUCCESS)
+		error = git_reference_resolve(&head, head);
+		if (error < GIT_SUCCESS) {
+			if (error != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
 				return error;
+		/*
+		 * The target of the reference was not found. This can happen
+		 * just after a repository has been initialized (the master
+		 * branch doesn't exist yet, as it doesn't have anything to
+		 * point to) or after an orphan checkout, so if the target
+		 * branch doesn't exist yet, create it and return.
+		 */
+			return git_reference_create_oid_f(&head, repo, git_reference_target(head), oid);
 		}
 
 		error = git_reference_set_oid(head, oid);
@@ -277,7 +286,7 @@ int commit_parse_buffer(git_commit *commit, const void *data, size_t len)
 
 	if (buffer < buffer_end) {
 		const char *line_end;
-		size_t message_len = buffer_end - buffer;
+		size_t message_len;
 
 		/* Long message */
 		message_len = buffer_end - buffer;