From: Sascha Peilicke <sasch.pe@gmx.de>
To: Mathias Lafeldt <misfire@debugon.org>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Unable to remove git branch
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:31:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201010291031.42305.sasch.pe@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CCA7E42.7080906@debugon.org>
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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?
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Sascha Peilicke
http://saschpe.wordpress.com
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-29 8:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-29 7:43 Unable to remove git branch Sascha Peilicke
2010-10-29 7:54 ` Mathias Lafeldt
2010-10-29 7:56 ` Mathias Lafeldt
2010-10-29 8:31 ` Sascha Peilicke [this message]
2010-10-29 8:42 ` Jonathan Nieder
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