On Fri Oct 11, 2024 at 22:56, Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > `ref: refs/remotes/origin/test`? (space after colon) I tried a couple of variations and no: ❯ git update-ref --no-deref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD 'ref: refs/remotes/origin/test' fatal: ref: refs/remotes/origin/test: not a valid SHA1 ❯ git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD 'ref: refs/remotes/origin/test' fatal: ref: refs/remotes/origin/test: not a valid SHA1 ❯ git update-ref --no-deref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD 'ref:refs/remotes/origin/test' fatal: ref:refs/remotes/origin/test: not a valid SHA1 ❯ git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD 'ref:refs/remotes/origin/test' fatal: ref:refs/remotes/origin/test: not a valid SHA1 I guess the intended way of doing this is via git symbolic-ref anyway, but I'm curious if this should work somehow or I'm misinterpreting the meaning of that sentence. -- bence.ferdinandy.com