builtin/branch: remove redundant check for HEAD

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 10751585ea38c282d439e4128c895c01a2598985..697ac7dcaf475d5215747743d4bfbc12d7dc518a 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -1289,14 +1289,15 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        if (opts.new_branch) {
                struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-               opts.branch_exists =
-                       validate_new_branchname(opts.new_branch, &buf,
-                                               !!opts.new_branch_force,
-                                               !!opts.new_branch_force);
-
+               if (opts.new_branch_force)
+                       opts.branch_exists = validate_branchname(opts.new_branch, &buf);
+               else
+                       opts.branch_exists =
+                               validate_new_branchname(opts.new_branch, &buf, 0);
                strbuf_release(&buf);
        }
 
+       UNLEAK(opts);
        if (opts.patch_mode || opts.pathspec.nr)
                return checkout_paths(&opts, new.name);
        else