From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: git push bug? Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:21:17 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <1192719040.9433.5.camel@gentoo-jocke.transmode.se> <0DAC53EF-021D-441C-9520-9795AAB6DE54@zib.de> <1192723269.9433.21.camel@gentoo-jocke.transmode.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Steffen Prohaska , git To: Joakim Tjernlund X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Oct 18 18:21:42 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IiY7y-0003pQ-7W for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:21:42 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756991AbXJRQVb (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:21:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753373AbXJRQVb (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:21:31 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:51116 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754073AbXJRQVa (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:21:30 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 18 Oct 2007 16:21:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (EHLO [138.251.11.74]) [138.251.11.74] by mail.gmx.net (mp042) with SMTP; 18 Oct 2007 18:21:28 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX191nnVqhzV1np8l4NECQ55IDgBQZrbyZ31NGAihq4 5YxmBU8/YtwqeS X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <1192723269.9433.21.camel@gentoo-jocke.transmode.se> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > Seems like it is a bit too easy to make mistakes here. Why can I delete > a branch with :linus but not create one with linus:linus? I wonder why you bother with the colon at all. Just git push linus and be done with it. The colon is only there to play interesting games, not something as simple as "push this branch" or "push this tag". Ciao, Dscho