if (reset_type == NONE)
reset_type = MIXED; /* by default */
+ if (reset_type == HARD && is_bare_repository())
+ die("hard reset makes no sense in a bare repository");
+
/* Soft reset does not touch the index file nor the working tree
* at all, but requires them in a good order. Other resets reset
* the index file to the tree object we are switching to. */