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-rw-r--r--builtin/branch.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 8c0b428104..ae08147572 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -576,10 +576,11 @@ static GIT_PATH_FUNC(edit_description, "EDIT_DESCRIPTION")
static int edit_branch_description(const char *branch_name)
{
+ int exists;
struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
struct strbuf name = STRBUF_INIT;
- read_branch_desc(&buf, branch_name);
+ exists = !read_branch_desc(&buf, branch_name);
if (!buf.len || buf.buf[buf.len-1] != '\n')
strbuf_addch(&buf, '\n');
strbuf_commented_addf(&buf,
@@ -596,7 +597,8 @@ static int edit_branch_description(const char *branch_name)
strbuf_stripspace(&buf, 1);
strbuf_addf(&name, "branch.%s.description", branch_name);
- git_config_set(name.buf, buf.len ? buf.buf : NULL);
+ if (buf.len || exists)
+ git_config_set(name.buf, buf.len ? buf.buf : NULL);
strbuf_release(&name);
strbuf_release(&buf);