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From: Tomas Carnecky <tom@dbservice.com>
To: Jingzhao Ou <jingzhao.ou@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Unable to delete remote branch with a strange name
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:59:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D1A2581.9050305@dbservice.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20101228T170808-756@post.gmane.org>

  On 12/28/10 5:10 PM, Jingzhao Ou wrote:
> Yes, using the absolute path works like a champ!
>
> git push origin :refs/heads/remotes/origin/dev/main

Do not use the term 'path' in this context. The fact that a ref looks 
like a path, and can be stored on the filesystem under the same 
directory structure is just an implementation detail. Note the *can*, 
because in the case of packed refs (see man git-pack-refs) the term 
'path' is not even remotely accurate.

We use the term 'fully qualified ref' (see the similarity with 'fully 
qualified domain name') if we want to stress out that the full name of 
the ref is used (refs/heads/foo) instead of an abbreviation (foo).

tom

      reply	other threads:[~2010-12-28 17:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-12-28  7:06 Unable to delete remote branch with a strange name Jingzhao Ou
2010-12-28  8:40 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-12-28 16:10   ` Jingzhao Ou
2010-12-28 17:59     ` Tomas Carnecky [this message]

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