git-branch -D: make it work even when on a yet-to-be-born branch

diff --git a/builtin-init-db.c b/builtin-init-db.c
index c3ed1ce4929472b4e3fb7577ac61bd914baf0954..235a0ee48f2c5ce09c63a949358eb16cde05332d 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-init-db.c
+++ b/builtin-init-db.c
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ static void create_default_files(const char *git_dir, const char *template_path)
         * branch, if it does not exist yet.
         */
        strcpy(path + len, "HEAD");
-       if (read_ref(path, sha1) < 0) {
-               if (create_symref(path, "refs/heads/master") < 0)
+       if (read_ref("HEAD", sha1) < 0) {
+               if (create_symref("HEAD", "refs/heads/master") < 0)
                        exit(1);
        }