From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CC4B1F46C for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:11:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2387509AbgAMALq (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Jan 2020 19:11:46 -0500 Received: from mail-pl1-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:45595 "EHLO mail-pl1-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2387460AbgAMALq (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Jan 2020 19:11:46 -0500 Received: by mail-pl1-f169.google.com with SMTP id b22so3113330pls.12 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2020 16:11:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ttaylorr-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=oVAyPF1J1zX7aLOpC3kv1368OPohzZN8L0n1bd6ZebE=; b=pKNesXvvHaiiivENbZYSPm9HEETIYt8qMQvnbxVf5SOHXYWVsGyUho4nZGf62M/KHc TwzERDuSWq+Z2E5Xw+2YZ/pIt9Mj3tHmF4AzvPCyIWO68amDWUi29WUI+2LpL5/Luytu hqxhOx+XJCai+Ry/uLeGbzXOIZO34lwz9sJP3YQH51Jexy1Vnd6Cvb7sk1Vsg6MHFdFg Q5YsvpHiY3CzSSJlt1rd3hhHESuaDfHTy2sQr7WwwxB/YzkZyqTkZ7aPJoS0d3YuXqOn 6XLma/Ryl0BlIxWOGcjusxhEj4BCkYeIgo6Jl1cdQ6hOtztMPt69Dh7oefJPMWgvyD89 Wcvw== 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:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=oVAyPF1J1zX7aLOpC3kv1368OPohzZN8L0n1bd6ZebE=; b=fKGJnRfDJwp8eKRcTPBnyhW0XvOQxjrsFAabP6DKMCaB+R9ff79tIWbQrlObN9JHB8 WKMl/TH1IdBghxEnaSAyCAUohGj+k6vKiGvGyyc1kTsUsgERdxSCJKmg+2UqL+37+rD6 Wvsv0PFbWeF3cDyezzqHxG6pR+h3wPBx8sltpzhTJUE1+WFqX+0MyuO5FZcTc/Jesv+I xnDDTNJ2mh22hFq2waVgA5PDKSzRKvnSjE+1gMC8pfZdBYuLgdd+5G1REh/QB3Gjxh13 sfOWunSfs9OinW3aGCUu6BCqn6VKX3LQJ30IbGlVRu5gfZ6/Pjdu4nBwFzJR67pPo3R7 aIcQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUGfApvz52YDIaQxL8iwOtj/Iz5HzHx1R2rRwNynu9yOZq5+1ut GfA6Ki+9ZKBpfhRs0+0L05j83dXWobm/qg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxpmYawb++/7SDF0m6uLisZ8k6QdPO3A5q5Uibl9yuS0B7gd4qtc0DwKXU6ZZp+wp3JYlvX6A== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:8503:: with SMTP id bj3mr11300375plb.180.1578874305516; Sun, 12 Jan 2020 16:11:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([2601:602:9200:32b0:d8d2:10f3:e6c2:e26]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a4sm10741815pjh.32.2020.01.12.16.11.44 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 12 Jan 2020 16:11:44 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 16:11:43 -0800 From: Taylor Blau To: Jude Guan Wang Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Issue with Git Branch Message-ID: <20200113001143.GA13099@syl.local> References: <56F9DC91-740F-47C7-9C2A-B6B1EC3A12B6@clicktherapeutics.com> <29742805-4992-47E6-9889-F55F5EFBBFF1@clicktherapeutics.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <29742805-4992-47E6-9889-F55F5EFBBFF1@clicktherapeutics.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.4 (2019-03-13) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Jude, On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 07:01:04PM -0500, Jude Guan Wang wrote: > Hi, all: > I noticed something weird with my git command. In my local > environment I seem to have a branch named `-D`: > > And I don’t remember how I was able to create a branch like that. I > tried to do git branch -D/-d this branch but seems not working. I’m > assuming the branch infos were kept in .git folder so my question is > if there’s anyway I could remove this invalid branch from that > folder? My git version is 2.24.0. Thanks for any help in advance. You can delete oddly-named branches by passing the end-of-options marker to 'git branch', like so: $ git branch -D --end-of-options -D (In fact, '--end-of-options' isn't strictly necessary here, and using '--' as in 'git branch -D -- -D' will work as well). If you do find a reproducible way to create branches named '-D' or similar, please do let us know, as these are not intended to be valid branch names in general. Thanks, Taylor