* git branch -D won't delete the branch you're on
@ 2007-01-26 12:00 Andy Parkins
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From: Andy Parkins @ 2007-01-26 12:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hello,
Minor nitpick, that is not dreadfully important, but now that we have the
detached HEAD facility, is it reasonable to expect this to work?
$ git checkout -b somebranch HEAD^
$ git branch -d somebranch
error: Cannot delete the branch 'testcvs' which you are currently on.
Especially given that this will work (albeit with a warning):
$ git checkout HEAD^
warning: you are not on ANY branch anymore.
If you meant to create a new branch from the commit, you need -b to
associate a new branch with the wanted checkout. Example:
git checkout -b <new_branch_name> HEAD^
Andy
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