X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/stgit/blobdiff_plain/ca66756b4a6db44d87296263c75802619496d1ce..683840616efea425300859fe838add2b6b559a2c:/stgit/git.py

diff --git a/stgit/git.py b/stgit/git.py
index 6744be0..27d2595 100644
--- a/stgit/git.py
+++ b/stgit/git.py
@@ -366,13 +366,20 @@ def create_branch(new_branch, tree_id = None):
     if branch_exists(new_branch):
         raise GitException, 'Branch "%s" already exists' % new_branch
 
+    current_head_file = get_head_file()
     current_head = get_head()
     set_head_file(new_branch)
     __set_head(current_head)
 
     # a checkout isn't needed if new branch points to the current head
     if tree_id:
-        switch(tree_id)
+        try:
+            switch(tree_id)
+        except GitException:
+            # Tree switching failed. Revert the head file
+            set_head_file(current_head_file)
+            delete_branch(new_branch)
+            raise
 
     if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(basedir.get(), 'MERGE_HEAD')):
         os.remove(os.path.join(basedir.get(), 'MERGE_HEAD'))
@@ -808,13 +815,10 @@ def barefiles(rev1, rev2):
 
     return '\n'.join(result)
 
-def pretty_commit(commit_id = 'HEAD', diff_flags = []):
+def pretty_commit(commit_id = 'HEAD', flags = []):
     """Return a given commit (log + diff)
     """
-    return GRun('diff-tree',
-                *(diff_flags
-                  + ['--cc', '--always', '--pretty', '-r', commit_id])
-                ).raw_output()
+    return GRun('show', *(flags + [commit_id])).raw_output()
 
 def checkout(files = None, tree_id = None, force = False):
     """Check out the given or all files