print an error message for invalid path

diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index b572b3bf69c791912717eae313942316cd77ac37..3762f71aaeae623b37d38c5c03b7a0d10973efc4 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ static int checkout_merged(int pos, struct checkout *state)
        ce = make_cache_entry(create_ce_mode(active_cache[pos+1]->ce_mode),
                              sha1,
                              path, 2, 0);
+       if (!ce)
+               die("make_cache_entry failed for path '%s'", path);
        status = checkout_entry(ce, state, NULL);
        return status;
 }