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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>,
	Josef Wolf <jw@raven.inka.de>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: error: src refspec refs/heads/master matches more than one.
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 08:32:07 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqy51dirjs.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8BevKQaRLYMMv7bTjf_ZAOnkrimws519OyhGZz6_Vr_-A@mail.gmail.com> (Duy Nguyen's message of "Fri, 14 Feb 2014 19:59:18 +0700")

Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> Josef Wolf <jw@raven.inka.de> writes:
>>
>>> Notice the refs/heads _within_ refs/heads!
>>>
>>> Now I wonder how I managed to get into this situation and what's the best way
>>> to recover?
>>
>> Probably you did something like "git branch refs/heads/master".  You can
>> remove it again with "git branch -d refs/heads/master".
>
> As a porcelain, "git branch" should prevent (or at least warn) users
> from creating such refs, I think.

"warn", possibly, but I do not see a reason to *prevent*.

 A. You are not allowed to call your branch with a string that begins with
    'refs/heads/'.
 B. Why?
 A. Because it will confuse you.
 B. I know what I am doing.
 A. ???

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-02-14 16:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-14 11:31 error: src refspec refs/heads/master matches more than one Josef Wolf
2014-02-14 12:45 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-02-14 12:59   ` Duy Nguyen
2014-02-14 15:16     ` Josef Wolf
2014-02-14 15:35       ` David Kastrup
2014-02-14 16:52         ` Josef Wolf
2014-02-14 16:32     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2014-02-14 16:52       ` David Kastrup
2014-02-14 19:10         ` Junio C Hamano
2014-02-14 22:53       ` Josef Wolf
2014-02-15  8:53       ` Duy Nguyen
2014-02-17 14:25         ` Ingo Rohloff
2014-02-18 19:03         ` Junio C Hamano
2014-02-18 19:35           ` John Keeping
2014-02-18 19:51             ` Junio C Hamano
2014-02-18 20:01               ` John Keeping
2014-02-20  4:17               ` Michael Haggerty
2014-02-20 18:22                 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-02-18 19:37           ` David Kastrup
2014-02-18 21:47             ` Junio C Hamano
2016-03-23 11:17           ` Duy Nguyen

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