From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miles Bader Subject: Re: [PATCH] Include a git-push example for creating a remote branch Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:54:33 +0900 Message-ID: References: <20070906044408.GA588@spearce.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org To: "Shawn O. Pearce" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Sep 06 06:55:17 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 1IT9Oe-0005zD-P7 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:55:17 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751308AbXIFEzL (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Sep 2007 00:55:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751304AbXIFEzL (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Sep 2007 00:55:11 -0400 Received: from TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]:38979 "EHLO tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751075AbXIFEzJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Sep 2007 00:55:09 -0400 Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.50]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l864sFuS000744; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 13:54:16 +0900 (JST) Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.24] [10.29.19.24]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 13:54:16 +0900 Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.98.116] [10.114.98.116]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 13:54:16 +0900 Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id C0A0558A; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 13:54:33 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <20070906044408.GA588@spearce.org> (Shawn O. Pearce's message of "Thu\, 6 Sep 2007 00\:44\:08 -0400") Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: "Shawn O. Pearce" writes: > Many users get confused when `git push origin master:foo` works > when foo already exists on the remote repository but are confused > when foo doesn't exist as a branch and this form does not create > the branch foo. Hmm, what _does_ it do in that case...? -Miles -- If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten. [George Carlin]