On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > With branch.autosetupmerge=always, 'HEAD' becomes a valid target for > branch tracking. ÂThis is a bit silly, and in fact the code already > guards against it when attempting it explicitly: > > Â$ git checkout HEAD^0 > Â$ g branch -t foo missing the "it" in "git" > Âfatal: Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch. > > Silently drop the HEAD candidate in the implicit (i.e. without -t > flag) case, so that the branch starts out without an upstream. Thanks. This has been on my todo list for a while. Should it only check for HEAD? How about ORIG_HEAD and FETCH_HEAD? Simply anything outside of refs/ maybe? Would that make sense? /Martin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html