From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Todd A. Jacobs" Subject: Re: PEBKAC or bug: unable to create path-like branch names Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:36:28 -0800 Message-ID: <20091115073628.GE5934@penguin.codegnome.org> References: <20091115020605.GE15966@cl.cam.ac.uk> <20091115050227.GD5934@penguin.codegnome.org> <8c9a060911142136s68a08892ifa27989f3a5bfdfb@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Nov 15 08:41:35 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N9Zjq-0004Cp-FY for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:41:34 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751892AbZKOHga (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:36:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751887AbZKOHg3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:36:29 -0500 Received: from mta21.charter.net ([216.33.127.81]:55841 "EHLO mta21.charter.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751611AbZKOHg3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:36:29 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 9241 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:36:29 EST Received: from imp09 ([10.20.200.9]) by mta21.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.09.02.04 201-2219-117-106-20090629) with ESMTP id <20091115073634.OJGJ21519.mta21.charter.net@imp09> for ; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:36:34 -0500 Received: from penguin.codegnome.org ([71.83.124.90]) by imp09 with smtp.charter.net id 5KcW1d0051x8DgP05KcXLU; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:36:31 -0500 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=rB_BUOY0O9EA:10 a=-cGxoi5oWMdkFZ1Ccb8A:9 a=zX2xlHunsvAbBXVhFmkA:7 a=v0MGLk0XZdDg1FPIfgUqj_TW9oAA:4 Received: by penguin.codegnome.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E95B637CBC; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:36:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by penguin.codegnome.org (tmda-sendmail, from uid 1000); Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:36:28 -0800 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8c9a060911142136s68a08892ifa27989f3a5bfdfb@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.12 (Macallan) Mail-Followup-To: git@vger.kernel.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 09:36:47PM -0800, Jacob Helwig wrote: > What version of git are you using? git checkout -b foo/bar/baz works I'm using 1.6.5.2 as well. Okay, try this in a temp directory, and you'll see what I mean: git init echo foo > foo git add foo git commit -m testing foo git checkout -b dev git checkout -b dev/feature/foobar The first branch works fine, but after attempting the nested branch the message reappears: error: unable to resolve reference refs/heads/dev/feature/foobar: Not a directory fatal: Failed to lock ref for update: Not a directory I can recreate this behavior at any time; it isn't just a problem with an existing repository. -- "Oh, look: rocks!" -- Doctor Who, "Destiny of the Daleks"