From ea0c711adfc46d4acb569aeaad37950576c885a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pierre-Yves Chibon <pingou@pingoured.fr>
Date: Apr 21 2015 17:14:18 +0000
Subject: Ensure the repo is not empty before rejecting a branch


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diff --git a/pagure/ui/fork.py b/pagure/ui/fork.py
index 2be28db..58f3994 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/fork.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/fork.py
@@ -778,13 +778,13 @@ def new_request_pull(repo, branch_to, branch_from, username=None):
     orig_repo = pygit2.Repository(parentpath)
 
     frombranch = repo_obj.lookup_branch(branch_from)
-    if not frombranch:
+    if not frombranch and not repo_obj.is_empty :
         flask.abort(
             400,
             'Branch %s does not exist' % branch_from)
 
     branch = orig_repo.lookup_branch(branch_to)
-    if not branch:
+    if not branch and not orig_repo.is_empty:
         flask.abort(
             400,
             'Branch %s could not be found in the target repo' % branch_to)