* [PATCH] Documentation: Mention that 'bisect' is reserved branch name
@ 2008-11-07 10:01 Abhijit Bhopatkar
2008-11-07 10:13 ` Teemu Likonen
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From: Abhijit Bhopatkar @ 2008-11-07 10:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: Junio C Hamano
"git bisect" uses 'bisect' branch to carry out it's operations.
However "git branch" documentation does mention it.
Add a note that 'bisect' can not be used as generic branch
name by the user.
Signed-off-by: Abhijit Bhopatkar <bain@devslashzero.com>
---
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 6103d62..2ea99fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ but different purposes:
- `--no-merged` is used to find branches which are candidates for merging
into HEAD, since those branches are not fully contained by HEAD.
+The branch name 'bisect' is reserved for use by "git-bisect" and can not be
+used as a generic branch name.
+
Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano
<gitster@pobox.com>
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* Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Mention that 'bisect' is reserved branch name
2008-11-07 10:01 [PATCH] Documentation: Mention that 'bisect' is reserved branch name Abhijit Bhopatkar
@ 2008-11-07 10:13 ` Teemu Likonen
2008-11-07 10:23 ` Abhijit Bhopatkar
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Teemu Likonen @ 2008-11-07 10:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Abhijit Bhopatkar; +Cc: git, Junio C Hamano
Abhijit Bhopatkar (2008-11-07 15:31 +0530) wrote:
> "git bisect" uses 'bisect' branch to carry out it's operations.
> However "git branch" documentation does mention it.
> Add a note that 'bisect' can not be used as generic branch
> name by the user.
Hmm...
commit 634f246444e6a1675e351f31362e6a375dc44f70
Author: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date: 2008-05-23 01:28:57 +0200
bisect: use a detached HEAD to bisect
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* Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Mention that 'bisect' is reserved branch name
2008-11-07 10:13 ` Teemu Likonen
@ 2008-11-07 10:23 ` Abhijit Bhopatkar
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Abhijit Bhopatkar @ 2008-11-07 10:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Teemu Likonen; +Cc: git, Junio C Hamano
>> "git bisect" uses 'bisect' branch to carry out it's operations.
>> However "git branch" documentation does mention it.
>> Add a note that 'bisect' can not be used as generic branch
>> name by the user.
> Hmm...
> commit 634f246444e6a1675e351f31362e6a375dc44f70
> Author: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
> Date: 2008-05-23 01:28:57 +0200
>
> bisect: use a detached HEAD to bisect
Cool, didn't know that ...
Submitted patch must be ignored
Thanks
Abhijit
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