diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
index 8eecb1d8c08b9793399b7eb834b2529c590b9a20..660097bc29a682c4481308ba245e5e02f0661681 100644
--- a/branch.c
+++ b/branch.c
@@ -77,29 +77,29 @@ void install_branch_config(int flag, const char *local, const char *origin, cons
 	strbuf_release(&key);
 
 	if (flag & BRANCH_CONFIG_VERBOSE) {
-		if (shortname && origin)
-			printf_ln(rebasing ?
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track remote branch %s from %s by rebasing.") :
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track remote branch %s from %s."),
-				  local, shortname, origin);
-		else if (shortname && !origin)
-			printf_ln(rebasing ?
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track local branch %s by rebasing.") :
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track local branch %s."),
-				  local, shortname);
-		else if (!shortname && origin)
-			printf_ln(rebasing ?
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track remote ref %s by rebasing.") :
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track remote ref %s."),
-				  local, remote);
-		else if (!shortname && !origin)
-			printf_ln(rebasing ?
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track local ref %s by rebasing.") :
-				  _("Branch %s set up to track local ref %s."),
-				  local, remote);
-		else
-			die("BUG: impossible combination of %p and %p",
-			    shortname, origin);
+		if (shortname) {
+			if (origin)
+				printf_ln(rebasing ?
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track remote branch %s from %s by rebasing.") :
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track remote branch %s from %s."),
+					  local, shortname, origin);
+			else
+				printf_ln(rebasing ?
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track local branch %s by rebasing.") :
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track local branch %s."),
+					  local, shortname);
+		} else {
+			if (origin)
+				printf_ln(rebasing ?
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track remote ref %s by rebasing.") :
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track remote ref %s."),
+					  local, remote);
+			else
+				printf_ln(rebasing ?
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track local ref %s by rebasing.") :
+					  _("Branch %s set up to track local ref %s."),
+					  local, remote);
+		}
 	}
 }