Duy Nguyen <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Josef Wolf <jw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> Notice the refs/heads _within_ refs/heads!
>>>
>>> Now I wonder how I managed to get into this situation and what's the best way
>>> to recover?
>>
>> Probably you did something like "git branch refs/heads/master". You can
>> remove it again with "git branch -d refs/heads/master".
>
> As a porcelain, "git branch" should prevent (or at least warn) users
> from creating such refs, I think.
"warn", possibly, but I do not see a reason to *prevent*.
A. You are not allowed to call your branch with a string that begins with
'refs/heads/'.
B. Why?
A. Because it will confuse you.
B. I know what I am doing.
A. ???
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