From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dennis Kaarsemaker Subject: Re: BUG or FEATURE? Use of '/' in branch names Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 09:35:25 +0200 Message-ID: <1399102525.2716.1.camel@spirit> References: <5363D1B4.1000503@lge.com> <20140502221617.GO9218@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Keith Derrick , "git@vger.kernel.org" , "simon.busch@lge.com" To: Jonathan Nieder X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat May 03 09:35:37 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WgUTv-0004rH-4o for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 09:35:35 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751169AbaECHfa (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2014 03:35:30 -0400 Received: from mail-ee0-f45.google.com ([74.125.83.45]:64136 "EHLO mail-ee0-f45.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751148AbaECHf3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2014 03:35:29 -0400 Received: by mail-ee0-f45.google.com with SMTP id d17so3650328eek.18 for ; Sat, 03 May 2014 00:35:28 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:in-reply-to :references:content-type:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=IG4JQxhTFTUmsbULkV3ehw9iv++sGMBxJb/pvYka1ig=; b=jLJAQybqENiOOR2i9ZN5NFvvMYM4kqcmLYM+ZwAW9wc2qCRaVpCyiueUCmlyMXfLFg gnhUbTzUmkPfqqYCEJN3jxudmax8RkhzoIkhbM8U/R6joehVo4f19d+h4BvRx95mJrs9 5OR9uyCIOlhtFHKO98umi8J4UkgNZsP0PuvKTyalweUQzPb1/c/uyaFZvuqUbplBAMAq nUNXTGe1+5WdF78PwI+VhYbEPbQEYeZ2Nt2VKQxl+MRInnMnLEPGM2O9xX7C/TuIBULi ojrWSuqPojfwNlFbrZ9Eq5MyTH91uxMhaiu9Xcy7PSB0KBxFyH3DlJHKV4DU9bd2WOg+ f7Lw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnDCMSsqnMEmkMkwhrnz7Z8hewXwV/xkNA1Nu0mLi4aIxPA3NHRHaLjh7iPQrBrvqS9uJxC X-Received: by 10.15.42.138 with SMTP id u10mr19330541eev.7.1399102528719; Sat, 03 May 2014 00:35:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.42.1.3] (82-170-157-37.ip.telfort.nl. [82.170.157.37]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id w12sm10679540eez.36.2014.05.03.00.35.26 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 03 May 2014 00:35:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140502221617.GO9218@google.com> X-Mailer: Evolution 3.8.4-0ubuntu1 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On vr, 2014-05-02 at 15:16 -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > $ git checkout -b hotfix/b2 > > error: unable to resolve reference refs/heads/hotfix/b2: Not a > directory > > fatal: Failed to lock ref for update: Not a directory > > $ > > That's an ugly message. I think we can do better. (hint hint) 2.0.0-rc2 has a better message already: $ git checkout -b hotfix/b2 error: 'refs/heads/hotfix' exists; cannot create 'refs/heads/hotfix/b2' fatal: Failed to lock ref for update: Not a directory -- Dennis Kaarsemaker www.kaarsemaker.net