hooks-available: avoid some errors with empty repositories

[config/vcsh.git] / .config / vcsh / hooks-available / populate-sparsely.sh

diff --git a/.config/vcsh/hooks-available/populate-sparsely.sh b/.config/vcsh/hooks-available/populate-sparsely.sh
index 53d2b3a..33c1fb0 100755 (executable)
--- a/.config/vcsh/hooks-available/populate-sparsely.sh
+++ b/.config/vcsh/hooks-available/populate-sparsely.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,14 @@ LOCKPID=$(cat "$LOCKDIR/pid")
 
 : "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:="$HOME/.config"}"
 . "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/hooks-available/sparse-checkout.sh"
-git read-tree -mu HEAD
+
+# Verify if the current branch is valid before updating the working tree.
+# This avoids errors with empty repositories which would only confuse the
+# user.
+if git rev-parse --verify HEAD >/dev/null 2>&1;
+then
+  git read-tree -mu HEAD
+fi
 
 # Unlock the working tree.
 rm -rf "$LOCKDIR"