diff -r 716a777c1c98 -r 3d43b46a8564 mainwindow.cpp
--- a/mainwindow.cpp	Fri Jan 30 09:14:12 2009 +0000
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp	Wed Feb 04 11:52:52 2009 +0000
@@ -2871,9 +2871,9 @@
 	if (m)
 	{
 		BranchObj *bo=m->getSelectedBranch();
+		prevSelection=m->getSelectString(bo);
 		BranchObj *newbo=m->addNewBranch(0);
 
-		prevSelection=m->getSelectString(bo);
 		if (newbo) 
 			m->select (newbo);
 		else