diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c index d75b3805ea..b2a6c7f100 100644 --- a/builtin/commit.c +++ b/builtin/commit.c @@ -1492,6 +1492,8 @@ static void print_summary(const char *prefix, const struct object_id *oid, diff_setup_done(&rev.diffopt); head = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", 0, NULL, NULL); + if (!head) + die_errno(_("unable to resolve HEAD after creating commit")); if (!strcmp(head, "HEAD")) head = _("detached HEAD"); else