* Branch name support & character
@ 2017-09-07 3:27 夏大雨
2017-09-07 5:31 ` Andrew Ardill
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From: 夏大雨 @ 2017-09-07 3:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
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.
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* Re: Branch name support & character
2017-09-07 3:27 Branch name support & character 夏大雨
@ 2017-09-07 5:31 ` Andrew Ardill
2017-09-08 1:18 ` Junio C Hamano
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From: Andrew Ardill @ 2017-09-07 5:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 夏大雨; +Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Hi,
On 7 September 2017 at 13:27, 夏大雨 <xia.jason23@gmail.com> 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
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* Re: Branch name support & character
2017-09-07 5:31 ` Andrew Ardill
@ 2017-09-08 1:18 ` Junio C Hamano
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From: Junio C Hamano @ 2017-09-08 1:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Ardill; +Cc: 夏大雨, git@vger.kernel.org
Andrew Ardill <andrew.ardill@gmail.com> writes:
> 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'
Thanks for sanity-checking. I was wondering if we have codepaths
that botch quoting (we shouldn't, and if there is, we should fix
it).
>
> That being said, I would advise not using & in branch names,
> specifically because it is a special character in shells.
Good advice.
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