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diff --git a/symbolic-ref.c b/symbolic-ref.c
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+#include "cache.h"
+
+static const char git_symbolic_ref_usage[] =
+"git-symbolic-ref name [ref]";
+
+static int check_symref(const char *HEAD)
+{
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	const char *git_HEAD = strdup(git_path("%s", HEAD));
+	const char *git_refs_heads_master = resolve_ref(git_HEAD, sha1, 0);
+	if (git_refs_heads_master) {
+		/* we want to strip the .git/ part */
+		int pfxlen = strlen(git_HEAD) - strlen(HEAD);
+		puts(git_refs_heads_master + pfxlen);
+	}
+	else
+		die("No such ref: %s", HEAD);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	setup_git_directory();
+	switch (argc) {
+	case 2:
+		check_symref(argv[1]);
+		break;
+	case 3:
+		create_symref(strdup(git_path("%s", argv[1])), argv[2]);
+		break;
+	default:
+		usage(git_symbolic_ref_usage);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}