git-format-patch --start-number <n>

diff --git a/symbolic-ref.c b/symbolic-ref.c
index a72d7accb18092231c608a6ae7db4a4ce9dc8b73..193c87c174706710b346e58c42a9651dbb5e671f 100644 (file)
--- a/symbolic-ref.c
+++ b/symbolic-ref.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static void check_symref(const char *HEAD)
 int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
        setup_git_directory();
+       git_config(git_default_config);
        switch (argc) {
        case 2:
                check_symref(argv[1]);