Hi, On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Steffen Prohaska wrote: > On Oct 18, 2007, at 6:21 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > > > > > Seems like it is a bit too easy to make mistakes here. Why can I delete > > > a branch with :linus but not create one with linus:linus? > > > > I wonder why you bother with the colon at all. Just > > > > git push <remote> linus > > > > and be done with it. The colon is only there to play interesting games, > > not something as simple as "push this branch" or "push this tag". > > But you need a full refspec starting with 'refs/heads/' if you want to > create a new branch on the remote side. No. Not if the name is the same on the local side. Ciao, Dscho - 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