Add config variable core.symrefsonly

diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh
index 8dc77c991c0e8c5a618383052306f9ef1a018352..1ab2f187dcfd1ab9b81bbc3ebb3605601b4d29f0 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-bisect.sh
+++ b/git-bisect.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ bisect_start() {
        # Verify HEAD. If we were bisecting before this, reset to the
        # top-of-line master first!
        #
-       head=$(readlink $GIT_DIR/HEAD) || die "Bad HEAD - I need a symlink"
+       head=$(GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git-symbolic-ref HEAD) ||
+       die "Bad HEAD - I need a symbolic ref"
        case "$head" in
        refs/heads/bisect*)
                git checkout master || exit
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ bisect_start() {
        refs/heads/*)
                ;;
        *)
-               die "Bad HEAD - strange symlink"
+               die "Bad HEAD - strange symbolic ref"
                ;;
        esac
 
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ bisect_next() {
        echo "$rev" > "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/new-bisect"
        git checkout new-bisect || exit
        mv "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/new-bisect" "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/bisect" &&
-       ln -sf refs/heads/bisect "$GIT_DIR/HEAD"
+       GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git-symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/bisect
        git-show-branch "$rev"
 }