From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD4822022D for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2017 04:53:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751420AbdB0ExO (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Feb 2017 23:53:14 -0500 Received: from mail-wr0-f174.google.com ([209.85.128.174]:34532 "EHLO mail-wr0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751332AbdB0ExM (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Feb 2017 23:53:12 -0500 Received: by mail-wr0-f174.google.com with SMTP id l37so180404wrc.1 for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2017 20:53:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-disposition :user-agent; bh=RD7hq68BF82UEsHQZ9CRVlBLY2/K8WtwjC9VUvs9twY=; b=YL88xdPucbAucwKNQsSpXy7DEZKPj82pttIINH4sLgLncYiE//KR3bdHcX0C/5+yOw tiru00T9lXikExbNWuqXaVzqB9ErT1v17e0+wWtpej1rR+UTj5gTjfcgFWW+5zkMdBrk QnOcWXuXI+2weo+z6ejAEmExLTCSfNQjnjbQ8VvgA7yw855pp7ot1uKVCI2xQprtacPF 3mhzYXGD2JH9wroTo3ABCw0sojrbTok2+XWTo6U3hmDhfWII3ikPo1kI6Jw4ER6wQ9r9 CTBYBidk3f9rQJa1Zh1AZu6q4Juyp/XAVp4ItIQaYy6/9rjqxCY+fA1SIQxlvuPWcE57 6XEA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version :content-disposition:user-agent; bh=RD7hq68BF82UEsHQZ9CRVlBLY2/K8WtwjC9VUvs9twY=; b=NOFeQvY0tf2exfG42b077OdFUDKQaQk/Iy8FzQKksN+yANr/HT+DWZCaZWvrPvD9HC wGuEgpcB+mIc/VuVYfg6nCyxjk8Jkxf9Iud5IAisLzenlnijB8ZUufDPE+Ux8aikzF8B Vinyyk2acfr8vPNXLQi2PLTz4hCK0D2c3d1fm0XqFUVkxeWV2N/jDS+Rt25JKg4FGZDN 8G7OX4mzT7yjR9VFNRuBXYfY6gS+I1LJaqO5NyG3GEu8KvhlM/QBeYua3/Bi8go2FXxl SMU2nAIrJOk1WPAXIaUGqtX2MRoASu62jPagUwOk6nEls8Pyx/A5HO8nuZd0vRolXE/T p8Eg== X-Gm-Message-State: AMke39lVyjh29/NJOi1GJz+fKuKQk/68F9xH0g7VIBqXbibXPudiptzIn1zHU+9OFe684Q== X-Received: by 10.223.176.20 with SMTP id f20mr7045672wra.160.1488171179837; Sun, 26 Feb 2017 20:52:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from macbook.local ([2a02:a03f:85e:d600:dc96:b6f1:625c:99f0]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d75sm12595737wmd.25.2017.02.26.20.52.58 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 26 Feb 2017 20:52:59 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 05:52:58 +0100 From: Luc Van Oostenryck To: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: [BUG] branch renamed to 'HEAD' Message-ID: <20170227045257.yazqlrqlnggosi5t@macbook.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: NeoMutt/20161126 (1.7.1) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi, I just discover something which very much seems a bug to me while making an error in renaming a branch. The scenario is the following: - I have a branch named 'orig' - I want to make some experimental changes on it: $ git checkout -b temp orig $ ... edit some files ... $ ... make some tests & commits ... - I'm happy with my changes, so I want to have my original branch to now points to the head of this temp branch but did it wrongly: $ git branch -m -f orig @ - Now I discover that I don't have anymore a branch named 'orig' That's fine, I made an error. - I'm searching what had happened and discover the name my branch have been renamed to: 'HEAD' In others words I have now an entry .git/refs/heads/HEAD which points to where my original branch pointed. In my opinion, it's a bug that '@' have been expanded/resolved into a branch named 'HEAD'. Luc Van Oostenryck