general UI improvements

diff --git a/builtin/bisect--helper.c b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
index e7325fe37f6148fd1ccd6fc5842bbc8f5022c306..1fbe156e67a4c75694de7e606a21cf959dd19f51 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/bisect--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
@@ -570,7 +570,10 @@ static int bisect_start(struct bisect_terms *terms, int no_checkout,
        write_file(git_path_bisect_start(), "%s\n", start_head.buf);
 
        if (no_checkout) {
-               get_oid(start_head.buf, &oid);
+               if (get_oid(start_head.buf, &oid) < 0) {
+                       retval = error(_("invalid ref: '%s'"), start_head.buf);
+                       goto finish;
+               }
                if (update_ref(NULL, "BISECT_HEAD", &oid, NULL, 0,
                               UPDATE_REFS_MSG_ON_ERR)) {
                        retval = -1;