From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sverre Rabbelier Subject: Re: master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!? Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:56:30 +0100 Message-ID: References: <8c9a061001291227v34ca0745l1ab35ef6ca5863dc@mail.gmail.com> <7veil8iqnj.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Git List , Ron1 , Jacob Helwig To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Jan 29 21:57:00 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Naxtj-0000ey-Qe for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:57:00 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753577Ab0A2U4y (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:56:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753079Ab0A2U4y (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:56:54 -0500 Received: from mail-px0-f182.google.com ([209.85.216.182]:45273 "EHLO mail-px0-f182.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752493Ab0A2U4u (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:56:50 -0500 Received: by pxi12 with SMTP id 12so1961969pxi.33 for ; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:56:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=R394ejTCvYAtfscjEpXzE9BkEwZ8OzEaVzzxExoimNo=; b=gp+dQKRYX+canpCDn2lTC0/Z1dsYFtudRMasmIdElj+1xWN8OVgSA4LwM3RDRkvO8I u21HUjoa0uGfQUEMMSUEfjOK2xbjqyRAqeq9ylsUwqoKuD5mCjk8bk/H3twhxOxrTfTi pmUNdzaaXJgC+geoPl7GKP6y0teRvdqjcuZZE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=sjX+gATItLvifHaAu3UbKWhdcFWNX+CWqDLoJ1uvGkWnBbFC7nb9vvtbMD22cjpEYA xIYx/rMMYECz1hQ8ewhmkYpO1o9z+LbjZn9a3ltbYsmmAiZNLLPfG5ztuh3+cKDMXJDd uETMdNGgFLn3jfONr2GP9W3yHMymtn1tUfxyg= Received: by 10.143.25.30 with SMTP id c30mr884114wfj.270.1264798610075; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:56:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <7veil8iqnj.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Heya, On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 21:48, Junio C Hamano wrote: > I think "not a branch" is a good suggestion, whether the target of > checkout is "master^" or "origin/topic". Mhhh, for added clarity, do we want to change it to "branch name"? Since ... $ git grep "branch name" Documentation/ | wc -l 58 ... suggests that we use that in other places as well? -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier