git checkout -b -f v1.5.5.1

git checkout -b -f v1.5.5.1

[Jun Ma]

Hi, all
     I just mistaken 'git checkout -b 1.5.5.1 v1.5.5.1' to 'git
checkout -b -f v1.5.5.1', and I don't how to delete it ,

  537  git-branch -D -f
  538  git-branch -D \-f
  539  git-branch -D "\-f"

     all the above operations were failed. :(

     PS: Would it be better if we do checking on branch name to avoid
this case?

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Re: git checkout -b -f v1.5.5.1

[Stephan Beyer]

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Hi,

>      I just mistaken 'git checkout -b 1.5.5.1 v1.5.5.1' to 'git
> checkout -b -f v1.5.5.1', and I don't how to delete it ,

Try
  git branch -D -- -f

>   537  git-branch -D -f
>   538  git-branch -D \-f
>   539  git-branch -D "\-f"
> 
>      all the above operations were failed. :(

In all cases, git-branch gets -f as parameter, because your shell "expands"
them to -f.

> PS: Would it be better if we do checking on branch name to avoid this case?

What do you want to check for?
No leading dashes?

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Re: git checkout -b -f v1.5.5.1

[Jun Ma]

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 11:58 PM, Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net> wrote:

>  >      I just mistaken 'git checkout -b 1.5.5.1 v1.5.5.1' to 'git
>  > checkout -b -f v1.5.5.1', and I don't how to delete it ,
>
>  Try
>   git branch -D -- -f
>
It works, thanks. :)


>
>  > PS: Would it be better if we do checking on branch name to avoid this case?
>
>  What do you want to check for?
>  No leading dashes?
>
I thought it would be better do this job, so we won't get a
malformed(I thought '-f' is) branch name.:)


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Re: git checkout -b -f v1.5.5.1

[Eric Hanchrow]

    Hi, all
         I just mistaken 'git checkout -b 1.5.5.1 v1.5.5.1' to 'git
    checkout -b -f v1.5.5.1', and I don't how to delete it ,

      537  git-branch -D -f
      538  git-branch -D \-f
      539  git-branch -D "\-f"

         all the above operations were failed. :(

         PS: Would it be better if we do checking on branch name to avoid
    this case?

You could probably just

    rm .git/refs/heads/-f

and if necessary, replace the content of .git/HEAD with something else.

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