X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/stgit/blobdiff_plain/8351555474ced37a21799755762ad69b3c826d70..fe847176ac839e64d426e6bf8ab7ad67ba3129d6:/stgit/commands/branch.py

diff --git a/stgit/commands/branch.py b/stgit/commands/branch.py
index c4b5945..be501a8 100644
--- a/stgit/commands/branch.py
+++ b/stgit/commands/branch.py
@@ -126,8 +126,11 @@ def func(parser, options, args):
         if len(args) == 2:
             tree_id = git_id(args[1])
 
-        git.create_branch(args[0], tree_id)
+        if git.branch_exists(args[0]):
+            raise CmdException, 'Branch "%s" already exists' % args[0]
+        
         stack.Series(args[0]).init()
+        git.create_branch(args[0], tree_id)
 
         print 'Branch "%s" created.' % args[0]
         return