Andrew Ardill <andrew.ardill@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Using git checkout -b 'my&branch' works for me (single quotes around > the branch name). > > Pushing to a local remote also works: git push --set-upstream > ../git-test-2 'my&branch' Thanks for sanity-checking. I was wondering if we have codepaths that botch quoting (we shouldn't, and if there is, we should fix it). > > That being said, I would advise not using & in branch names, > specifically because it is a special character in shells. Good advice.
