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From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>
Subject: Re: Branch name with space
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 10:03:44 -0800
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Le <le_wen@distributel.ca> wrote:
> I tried to rename a branch to a new name with space in it. It complained :
> git-branch -M 'test 1' or test\ 1
> fatal: Invalid branch name: refs/heads/test 1
>
> Is there a way the get round this problem?

Don't put spaces in branch names.  They aren't permitted.  Use
an underscore ('_') or a hypen ('-').

-- 
Shawn.