Unable to remove git branch

Unable to remove git branch

[Sascha Peilicke]

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Hi guys,

I accidentally did an 'git co -b --track origin/foo' ending up with a local 
branch '--track'. Sadly, git is unable to remove or rename that branch because 
it always interprets it as a parameter. 

As a consequence, 'git br -d "--track"' does nothing and 'git br -m "--track" 
foo' even renames the current branch, say, master,  to 'foo'. Any hints on how 
to get rid of that pesky branch?

BTW please CC me as I'm not subscribed to this list.
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Sascha Peilicke
http://saschpe.wordpress.com

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Re: Unable to remove git branch

[Mathias Lafeldt]

Sascha Peilicke wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I accidentally did an 'git co -b --track origin/foo' ending up with a local 
> branch '--track'. Sadly, git is unable to remove or rename that branch because 
> it always interprets it as a parameter. 
> 
> As a consequence, 'git br -d "--track"' does nothing and 'git br -m "--track" 
> foo' even renames the current branch, say, master,  to 'foo'. Any hints on how 
> to get rid of that pesky branch?
> 
> BTW please CC me as I'm not subscribed to this list.

Try:

$ git br -D -- --track

-Mathias

Re: Unable to remove git branch

[Mathias Lafeldt]

Mathias Lafeldt wrote:
> Sascha Peilicke wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I accidentally did an 'git co -b --track origin/foo' ending up with a local 
>> branch '--track'. Sadly, git is unable to remove or rename that branch because 
>> it always interprets it as a parameter. 
>>
>> As a consequence, 'git br -d "--track"' does nothing and 'git br -m "--track" 
>> foo' even renames the current branch, say, master,  to 'foo'. Any hints on how 
>> to get rid of that pesky branch?
>>
>> BTW please CC me as I'm not subscribed to this list.
> 
> Try:
> 
> $ git br -D -- --track

It really should be:

$ git branch -D -- --track

('br' is an alias of mine)

Sorry for the noise.

-Mathias

Re: Unable to remove git branch

[Sascha Peilicke]

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On Friday 29 October 2010 09:56:50 you wrote:
> Mathias Lafeldt wrote:
> > Sascha Peilicke wrote:
> >> Hi guys,
> >> 
> >> I accidentally did an 'git co -b --track origin/foo' ending up with a
> >> local branch '--track'. Sadly, git is unable to remove or rename that
> >> branch because it always interprets it as a parameter.
> >> 
> >> As a consequence, 'git br -d "--track"' does nothing and 'git br -m
> >> "--track" foo' even renames the current branch, say, master,  to 'foo'.
> >> Any hints on how to get rid of that pesky branch?
> >> 
> >> BTW please CC me as I'm not subscribed to this list.
> > 
> > Try:
> > 
> > $ git br -D -- --track
> 
> It really should be:
> 
> $ git branch -D -- --track

Thanks, that worked. Maybe '-' should not be allowed as the first char in a 
branch name?
-- 
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Sascha Peilicke
http://saschpe.wordpress.com

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Re: Unable to remove git branch

[Jonathan Nieder]

Sascha Peilicke wrote:

>                      Maybe '-' should not be allowed as the first char in a 
> branch name?

Heh - see 6348624 (disallow branch names that start with a hyphen,
2010-09-14).