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=-2.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BODY_8BITS, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no 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 3F01C20281 for ; Thu, 7 Sep 2017 05:32:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752854AbdIGFcP (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Sep 2017 01:32:15 -0400 Received: from mail-qk0-f172.google.com ([209.85.220.172]:33146 "EHLO mail-qk0-f172.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752146AbdIGFcP (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Sep 2017 01:32:15 -0400 Received: by mail-qk0-f172.google.com with SMTP id o129so24592184qkd.0 for ; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 22:32:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5QmoK8CZy+tqfhwWKcxBPjEKTswpR79om0UmUuoMHjs=; b=qYkRtriYvIfjZHNQdhKIdPcUy2FKaO136Pbq4TNMGG15NatDrmimRqMK1Tg/sFX+WN 1CG3mWqV4552dO6Asj+NSNtYBguxeg/B5n4INWWdFohbduCZtzPYaa6nZFG8NMJlm1tt NdNGiFfbK3FFUD24apyELdE+eX30mQKnywS5AAtM0SEOb/sj49XReKUhZzquAkOGJmlb tYDsirOLyH3H1L/puc2fHjVLWijCO6rjDcDLCzENuboK//kCjtj5TKtoF8PgfhT3fBGu Jaew7/OIc3GDVRfb8SAalDTmuAXOf++KWYjIN64bt5iFWTKAlcSjqb/prVYm4KuZwZEr 3LpQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5QmoK8CZy+tqfhwWKcxBPjEKTswpR79om0UmUuoMHjs=; b=fe88J2Fr8vsUdoLyw29FbVTlUThjc62zz3WT6ksVVoVAI6kIcF0KWVbdSCECEKtxVy PpnBU+ipCBkkhxNT5nBgKZNr/n2fIu8BGTAhqOqjqQQgqOQ7Hs5UTMcLp/iLrBxSnSjU /C5FR9d8s0sg9LZ+wWdl5VGwp0uqT+Riy7gQMAGveCX0BUuvXO1Gx/wu7VnN4+SvLazK IhCA6fgpBzH3PfLVsRqA5TmoaLvmGg/XR5xPMGo0oy74Bsn2jH5Y+qykTsxfSh/RzTPb kxnJ1OKla1kBwdKVWWKDBnoOFlGKwbJo7Q9rYj7S+IMo6S+BZI5DWZNCnDQwVQ6xQ7AD JRlw== X-Gm-Message-State: AHPjjUjb7wIUBFtp2sH+5gbf4QMhVdYKJjf2neBPpxpj71pifeewX3QH unkEez+Fz0OysxX0R5fvJ7MHNrb4bw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QBBTMXR5QEyGMDQELUCWF4t25SKIOuBShFKXCQhqpZPnoVX4+oA3kWEDiJLgnAh2RkLk/wLo97Xw3jCBPXcJWo= X-Received: by 10.55.181.134 with SMTP id e128mr2208572qkf.62.1504762334527; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 22:32:14 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.237.39.151 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Sep 2017 22:31:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Andrew Ardill Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 15:31:33 +1000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Branch name support & character To: =?UTF-8?B?5aSP5aSn6Zuo?= Cc: "git@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi, On 7 September 2017 at 13:27, =E5=A4=8F=E5=A4=A7=E9=9B=A8 wrote: > I want to merge branch a to branch b so I rename branch b to a&b, but > when I push a&b to remote repo, '&' is took as & operator for shell, > and git push fails. So it would be better that branch name support & > character for me. Have you tried quoting the branch name? Using git checkout -b 'my&branch' works for me (single quotes around the branch name). Pushing to a local remote also works: git push --set-upstream ../git-test-2 'my&branch' That being said, I would advise not using & in branch names, specifically because it is a special character in shells. Regards, Andrew Ardill