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diff --git a/builtin-fmt-merge-msg.c b/builtin-fmt-merge-msg.c
index c407c033e7d4f43818d62691688911de71a5cf11..87d3d63ec71ec7f08127085330d28ed28e3f35c7 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-fmt-merge-msg.c
+++ b/builtin-fmt-merge-msg.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ int cmd_fmt_merge_msg(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        FILE *in = stdin;
        const char *sep = "";
        unsigned char head_sha1[20];
-       const char *head, *current_branch;
+       const char *current_branch;
 
        git_config(fmt_merge_msg_config);
 
@@ -277,10 +277,9 @@ int cmd_fmt_merge_msg(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                usage(fmt_merge_msg_usage);
 
        /* get current branch */
-       head = xstrdup(git_path("HEAD"));
-       current_branch = resolve_ref(head, head_sha1, 1);
-       current_branch += strlen(head) - 4;
-       free((char *)head);
+       current_branch = resolve_ref("HEAD", head_sha1, 1, NULL);
+       if (!current_branch)
+               die("No current branch");
        if (!strncmp(current_branch, "refs/heads/", 11))
                current_branch += 11;