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-rw-r--r--builtin/checkout.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 536b894190..f90a4ca4b7 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ static void update_refs_for_switch(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
describe_detached_head(_("HEAD is now at"), new_branch_info->commit);
}
} else if (new_branch_info->path) { /* Switch branches. */
- if (refs_create_symref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), "HEAD", new_branch_info->path, msg.buf) < 0)
+ if (refs_update_symref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), "HEAD", new_branch_info->path, msg.buf) < 0)
die(_("unable to update HEAD"));
if (!opts->quiet) {
if (old_branch_info->path && !strcmp(new_branch_info->path, old_branch_info->path)) {
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ static int switch_unborn_to_new_branch(const struct checkout_opts *opts)
if (!opts->new_branch)
die(_("You are on a branch yet to be born"));
strbuf_addf(&branch_ref, "refs/heads/%s", opts->new_branch);
- status = refs_create_symref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+ status = refs_update_symref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
"HEAD", branch_ref.buf, "checkout -b");
strbuf_release(&branch_ref);
if (!opts->quiet)