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-rw-r--r--builtin-symbolic-ref.c4
-rwxr-xr-xt/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh5
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-symbolic-ref.c b/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
index cafc4eb..6ae6bcc 100644
--- a/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
+++ b/builtin-symbolic-ref.c
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ int cmd_symbolic_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
break;
case 2:
if (!strcmp(argv[0], "HEAD") &&
- prefixcmp(argv[1], "refs/heads/"))
- die("Refusing to point HEAD outside of refs/heads/");
+ prefixcmp(argv[1], "refs/"))
+ die("Refusing to point HEAD outside of refs/");
create_symref(argv[0], argv[1], msg);
break;
default:
diff --git a/t/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh b/t/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh
index 569f341..7fa5f5b 100755
--- a/t/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ test_expect_success 'symbolic-ref refuses non-ref for HEAD' '
'
reset_to_sane
-test_expect_success 'symbolic-ref refuses non-branch for HEAD' '
- test_must_fail git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/foo
-'
-reset_to_sane
-
test_expect_success 'symbolic-ref refuses bare sha1' '
echo content >file && git add file && git commit -m one
test_must_fail git symbolic-ref HEAD `git rev-parse HEAD`