git 1.5.4.4 on ubuntu, I cvsimport a repository that has an oddly named branch - I get sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected Cannot write branch ChapelHill_3_0(iteration2)_esap_demo for update: Bad file descriptor though the end of my -v log shows Tree ID 46f13621661205b02a80d7d431a2c59be500ae45 Parent ID d635ccf06e1cac3afacc4fba6e70bba7f771ead2 Committed patch 1956 (ChapelHill_3_0(iteration2)_esap_demo +0000 2006-12-04 10:28:31) Commit ID 76c991af0c690d9ae5471c0b661dfba3b3df18c6 and refs/heads has a correctly named file My guess is something in the guts isn't liking the ( character, when committing the next patch. Any ideas on how to diagnose / fix it further ? -- 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