1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index 11edd81..d615315 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static char *guess_defbranch(const char *repo_path)
         const char *ref;
         unsigned char sha1[20];
 
-        ref = resolve_ref("HEAD", sha1, 0, NULL);
+        ref = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", sha1, 0, NULL);
         if (!ref || prefixcmp(ref, "refs/heads/"))
                 return "master";
         return xstrdup(ref + 11);