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Re: [PATCH] Include a git-push example for creating a remote branch

From
Kristian Høgsberg <krh@redhat.com>
Date
Sep 6, 2007, 14:57 UTC
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<1189090638.3423.0.camel@hinata.boston.redhat.com>
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On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 12:50 +0200, Wincent Colaiuta wrote:
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> El 6/9/2007, a las 6:44, Shawn O. Pearce escribió:
> 
> > +git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental::
> > +	Create the branch `experimental` in the `origin` repository
> > +	by copying the current `master` branch.  This form is usually
> > +	needed to create a new branch in the remote repository as
> > +	there is no `experimental` branch to match.
> > +
> 
> A welcome addition; I was puzzled the first time I tried this myself  
> too.

Indeed, but a even better approach might be to expand the error message with a sugestion on how to create a branch.

Kristian
Previous: Wincent Colaiuta
Message 9 of 9 in “Include a git-push example for creating a remote branch”
  1. Include a git-push example for creating a remote branchShawn O. Pearce, Sep 6, 2007
  2. Miles BaderSep 6, 2007
  3. Shawn O. PearceSep 6, 2007
  4. Miles BaderSep 6, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2007
  6. Carl WorthSep 6, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2007
  8. Wincent ColaiutaSep 6, 2007
  9. Kristian HøgsbergSep 6, 2007

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