Merge branch 'js/mingw-tests'

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index e8110a9243f648129ffbea0de2af039ad7791aa1..5af84a3118d20da437d3e08c1667f76dc2f57845 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -661,7 +661,8 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
                        describe_detached_head(_("HEAD is now at"), new->commit);
                }
        } else if (new->path) { /* Switch branches. */
-               create_symref("HEAD", new->path, msg.buf);
+               if (create_symref("HEAD", new->path, msg.buf) < 0)
+                       die("unable to update HEAD");
                if (!opts->quiet) {
                        if (old->path && !strcmp(new->path, old->path)) {
                                if (opts->new_branch_force)