git commit -m initial
'
+test_expect_success 'checkout should not start branch from a tree' '
+ test_must_fail git checkout -b newbranch master^{tree}
+'
+
test_expect_success 'checkout master from invalid HEAD' '
- echo 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 >.git/HEAD &&
+ echo $_z40 >.git/HEAD &&
git checkout master --
'