1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/dgit-badcommit-fixup b/dgit-badcommit-fixup
index 0a1ebcf..8b202c0 100755
--- a/dgit-badcommit-fixup
+++ b/dgit-badcommit-fixup
@@ -234,6 +234,17 @@ foreach my $rline (split /\n/, $refs) {
 	next;
     }
     next if $refname =~ m{^refs/dgit-(?:badcommit|badfixuptest)/};
+
+    $!=0; $?=0;
+    system qw(sh -ec),
+	'exec >/dev/null git symbolic-ref -q "$1"', qw(x),
+	$refname;
+    if ($?==0) {
+	$count{symrefs_ignored}++;
+	next;
+    }
+    die "$? $!" unless $?==256;
+
     my $rewrite;
     if ($type eq 'commit') {
 	$rewrite = rewrite_commit($obj);