From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] git-branch -m cannot rename remote branches
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 23:58:38 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0806082357470.1783@racer> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200806082257.20833.jnareb@gmail.com>
Hi,
On Sun, 8 Jun 2008, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> I cannot rename remote branch (possibly packed, and possibly with
> reflog) using "git branch"
That is very much by design; a next fetch would get them with their
current name anyway. A "remote prune" should get rid of any stale
branches.
So yes, "branch -m" with remote branches does not make sense.
Ciao,
Dscho
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-08 23:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-08 20:57 [BUG] git-branch -m cannot rename remote branches Jakub Narebski
2008-06-08 22:58 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2008-06-09 7:06 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-06-09 12:53 ` Olivier Marin
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