branch: make create_branch accept a merge base rev

diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
index 28b81a7e0256b2923c0fe296d9618d130821cdc4..a84c8aaca2d3c563d167e25c6a3add950ec85a6c 100644 (file)
--- a/branch.c
+++ b/branch.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ void create_branch(struct repository *r,
        }
 
        real_ref = NULL;
-       if (get_oid(start_name, &oid)) {
+       if (get_oid_mb(start_name, &oid)) {
                if (explicit_tracking) {
                        if (advice_set_upstream_failure) {
                                error(_(upstream_missing), start_name);