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From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] setup.c:verify_non_filename(): don't die unnecessarily while disambiguating
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 04:03:01 -0400
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> If you have a working tree _file_ "foo", attempt to refer to a
> branch "foo/bar" without -- to disambiguate, like this:
> 
> 	$ git log foo/bar
> ---
> 
>  * This was from a real-life experience Shawn had.

Ack.  I have done this many times, and every time I thought I was
going nuts.  Until Junio found this bug tonight.  Many thanks.

-- 
Shawn.