From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Schwab Subject: Re: How do I delete a remote branch with a period in the name? Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:56:46 +0200 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: Git Mailing List To: "jonsmirl\@gmail.com" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jul 03 09:56:58 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Slxyk-000686-2I for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:56:58 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933505Ab2GCH4v (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jul 2012 03:56:51 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:56313 "EHLO mail-out.m-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756361Ab2GCH4u (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jul 2012 03:56:50 -0400 Received: from frontend4.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3WRHjs6sLWz4KKCq; Tue, 3 Jul 2012 09:57:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-101-196.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.101.196]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3WRHjB3CZDzbbvw; Tue, 3 Jul 2012 09:56:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 20E1DCA2A4; Tue, 3 Jul 2012 09:56:46 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: OVER the undertow! UNDER the overpass! Around the FUTURE and BEYOND REPAIR!! In-Reply-To: (jonsmirl@gmail.com's message of "Mon, 2 Jul 2012 23:09:17 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: "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. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."