It makes no sense to delete a reference that is already known not to exist. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> --- refs.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c index b9cf284..d5bfd11 100644 --- a/refs.c +++ b/refs.c @@ -3702,6 +3702,8 @@ int ref_transaction_delete(struct ref_transaction *transaction, unsigned int flags, const char *msg, struct strbuf *err) { + if (old_sha1 && is_null_sha1(old_sha1)) + die("BUG: delete called with old_sha1 set to zeros"); return ref_transaction_update(transaction, refname, null_sha1, old_sha1, flags, msg, err); -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html