fix importing of subversion tars

diff --git a/builtin-fsck.c b/builtin-fsck.c
index 4d8b66c344422dd60c72c72bbfbc5aa87be7907e..05d98d2cfc0c8ba5e38482a181fee8115e9bd640 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-fsck.c
+++ b/builtin-fsck.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ static void get_default_heads(void)
         * "show_unreachable" flag.
         */
        if (!default_refs) {
-               error("No default references");
+               fprintf(stderr, "notice: No default references\n");
                show_unreachable = 0;
        }
 }
@@ -554,15 +554,23 @@ static int fsck_head_link(void)
 {
        unsigned char sha1[20];
        int flag;
-       const char *head_points_at = resolve_ref("HEAD", sha1, 1, &flag);
-
-       if (!head_points_at || !(flag & REF_ISSYMREF))
-               return error("HEAD is not a symbolic ref");
-       if (prefixcmp(head_points_at, "refs/heads/"))
+       int null_is_error = 0;
+       const char *head_points_at = resolve_ref("HEAD", sha1, 0, &flag);
+
+       if (!head_points_at)
+               return error("Invalid HEAD");
+       if (!strcmp(head_points_at, "HEAD"))
+               /* detached HEAD */
+               null_is_error = 1;
+       else if (prefixcmp(head_points_at, "refs/heads/"))
                return error("HEAD points to something strange (%s)",
                             head_points_at);
-       if (is_null_sha1(sha1))
-               return error("HEAD: not a valid git pointer");
+       if (is_null_sha1(sha1)) {
+               if (null_is_error)
+                       return error("HEAD: detached HEAD points at nothing");
+               fprintf(stderr, "notice: HEAD points to an unborn branch (%s)\n",
+                       head_points_at + 11);
+       }
        return 0;
 }