From 8a8559adecc64b3c0b8b8391bb1996b851692205 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Thornton <art27@cantab.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 21:15:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #9752

---
 modules/repofiles/delete.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/repofiles/delete.go b/modules/repofiles/delete.go
index f774b375a52e1..c91f597f9a492 100644
--- a/modules/repofiles/delete.go
+++ b/modules/repofiles/delete.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func DeleteRepoFile(repo *models.Repository, doer *models.User, opts *DeleteRepo
 	// If we aren't branching to a new branch, make sure user can commit to the given branch
 	if opts.NewBranch != opts.OldBranch {
 		newBranch, err := repo_module.GetBranch(repo, opts.NewBranch)
-		if git.IsErrNotExist(err) {
+		if err != nil && !git.IsErrBranchNotExist(err) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		if newBranch != nil {