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-rw-r--r--save-xml.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/save-xml.c b/save-xml.c
index 61a9300bb..c83101c13 100644
--- a/save-xml.c
+++ b/save-xml.c
@@ -606,7 +606,12 @@ int save_dives_logic(const char *filename, const bool select_only)
git = is_git_repository(filename, &branch);
if (git)
return git_save_dives(git, branch, select_only);
-
+ /* if the syntax is for a git save but saving we didn't find a
+ * repository, throw error */
+ if (strchr(filename, '[')) {
+ report_error("Save failed, invalid git repository %s", filename);
+ return -1;
+ }
try_to_backup(filename);
save_dives_buffer(&buf, select_only);