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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: "jonsmirl\@gmail.com" <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How do I delete a remote branch with a period in the name?
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:56:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m23959e0qp.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKON4OwnUKQ6MT8HBNDyfhZLZS5xGKA2Ss1krY9OQGG1gaFhDw@mail.gmail.com> (jonsmirl@gmail.com's message of "Mon, 2 Jul 2012 23:09:17 -0400")

"jonsmirl@gmail.com" <jonsmirl@gmail.com> writes:

> jonsmirl@smirl2:/home/apps/florida/lpc31xx$ git push origin :fl.stg
> error: unable to push to unqualified destination: fl.stg
> The destination refspec neither matches an existing ref on the remote nor
> begins with refs/, and we are unable to guess a prefix based on the source ref.
> error: failed to push some refs to 'git@github.com:jonsmirl/lpc31xx.git'
> jonsmirl@smirl2:/home/apps/florida/lpc31xx$
>
> jonsmirl@smirl2:/home/apps/florida/lpc31xx$ git branch -r
>   linus/master
>   origin/HEAD -> origin/master
>   origin/bar.stgit
>   origin/dt-test
>   origin/fl.stgit
>   origin/foo.stgit
>   origin/lpc313x-stg
>   origin/lpc313x-stg.stgit
>   origin/master
>   origin/master.stgit
>   origin/temp.stgit
>   origin/v3.4-stg
>   origin/v3.4-stg.stgit
>   origin/v3.5-stg
>   origin/v3.5-stg.stgit

There doesn't appear to be a remote branch with that name.

Andreas.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-07-03  7:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-03  3:09 How do I delete a remote branch with a period in the name? jonsmirl
2012-07-03  4:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-07-03 11:42   ` jonsmirl
2012-07-03 18:04     ` [PATCH] push: don't guess at qualifying remote refs on deletion Jeff King
2012-07-03 18:34       ` jonsmirl
2012-07-03 18:40         ` Jeff King
2012-07-03 18:43           ` jonsmirl
2012-07-03 19:35             ` Jeff King
2012-07-04  7:21           ` Carlos Martín Nieto
     [not found]             ` <CABURp0rVPAvxP1sp_nmoNYd+F+OsvWeHgUAeo7-VTnQhdebFeg@mail.gmail.com>
2012-07-05  7:22               ` Carlos Martín Nieto
2012-07-05 15:32                 ` Phil Hord
2012-07-05 17:24                   ` Carlos Martín Nieto
2012-07-05 17:26                   ` Junio C Hamano
2012-07-03 19:38       ` Junio C Hamano
2012-07-04  7:37         ` Jeff King
2012-07-03  7:56 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2012-07-03 19:39   ` How do I delete a remote branch with a period in the name? Junio C Hamano

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