Merge branch 'reflog'

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/objects/submodule/base.py b/objects/submodule/base.py
index 4f4223b6..5d32d600 100644
--- a/objects/submodule/base.py
+++ b/objects/submodule/base.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from git.util import (
 						join_path_native, 
 						to_native_path_linux
 					)
+
 from git.config import SectionConstraint
 from git.exc import (
 					InvalidGitRepositoryError, 
@@ -339,14 +340,7 @@ class Submodule(util.IndexObject, Iterable, Traversable):
 				
 				# have a valid branch, but no checkout - make sure we can figure
 				# that out by marking the commit with a null_sha
-				# have to write it directly as .commit = NULLSHA tries to resolve the sha
-				# This will bring the branch into existance
-				refpath = join_path_native(mrepo.git_dir, local_branch.path)
-				refdir = os.path.dirname(refpath)
-				if not os.path.isdir(refdir):
-					os.makedirs(refdir)
-				#END handle directory
-				open(refpath, 'w').write(self.NULL_HEX_SHA)
+				local_branch.set_object(util.Object(mrepo, self.NULL_BIN_SHA))
 				# END initial checkout + branch creation
 				
 				# make sure HEAD is not detached
diff --git a/objects/submodule/root.py b/objects/submodule/root.py
index 2e3cc775..d194cd5b 100644
--- a/objects/submodule/root.py
+++ b/objects/submodule/root.py
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ class RootModule(Submodule):
 		
 		:param previous_commit: If set to a commit'ish, the commit we should use 
 			as the previous commit the HEAD pointed to before it was set to the commit it points to now. 
-			If None, it defaults to ORIG_HEAD otherwise, or the parent of the current
-			commit if it is not given
+			If None, it defaults to HEAD@{1} otherwise
 		:param recursive: if True, the children of submodules will be updated as well
 			using the same technique
 		:param force_remove: If submodules have been deleted, they will be forcibly removed.