Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > In abe1998 ("git checkout -b: allow switching out of an unborn > branch"), a code-path overly-optimisticly assumed that a > branch-name was specified. This is not always the case, and as > a result a NULL-pointer was attempted printed to .git/HEAD. > > This could lead to at least two different failure modes: > 1) The CRT formated the NULL-string as something useful (e.g > "(null)") > 2) The CRT crasheed. Just a quick question. What does a cathode ray tube have to do with this (or "are people expected to know what CRT you are talking about?")? Otherwise the explanation, the patch and the added test makes sense. Thanks. -- 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