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From: Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!?
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:27:56 -0800
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On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:20, Ron1 <ron1@flownet.com> wrote:
> [ron@mickey]$ git checkout master
> Already on 'master'
> [ron@mickey]$ git checkout master^
> Note: moving to 'master^' which isn't a local branch
> If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so
> (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:
> =C2=A0git checkout -b <new_branch_name>
> HEAD is now at 7be05e0... test
> [ron@mickey]$ git branch
> * (no branch)
> =C2=A0master
> [ron@mickey]$
>
> Huh?!?
>
> This is a test repository which has never been pulled from nor pushed=
 to
> anywhere. =C2=A0So how is it possible that I have a non-local branch?
>
> Thanks,
> rg
>

master^ is a commit (the first parent of master), not a branch (local
or otherwise).