From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wincent Colaiuta Subject: Re: [PATCH] Include a git-push example for creating a remote branch Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 12:50:30 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20070906044408.GA588@spearce.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org To: "Shawn O. Pearce" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Sep 06 12:50:54 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ITEwd-0008Lf-Ai for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:50:43 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754813AbXIFKui convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Sep 2007 06:50:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754254AbXIFKui (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Sep 2007 06:50:38 -0400 Received: from wincent.com ([72.3.236.74]:45902 "EHLO s69819.wincent.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752511AbXIFKuh convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Sep 2007 06:50:37 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.99] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by s69819.wincent.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l86AoXEF001297; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 05:50:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20070906044408.GA588@spearce.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: El 6/9/2007, a las 6:44, Shawn O. Pearce escribi=F3: > +git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental:: > + Create the branch `experimental` in the `origin` repository > + by copying the current `master` branch. This form is usually > + needed to create a new branch in the remote repository as > + there is no `experimental` branch to match. > + A welcome addition; I was puzzled the first time I tried this myself =20 too. Cheers, Wincent