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Re: confusion over the new branch and merge config

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Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Date
Dec 21, 2006, 23:21 UTC
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On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:01:21 -0800 Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:

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> No, the message says "any REMOTE branch" -- refs/heads/next is
> what it is called at the remote, and that is how the value is
> expected to be spelled; I think somebody added an example to
> config.txt recently to stress this.  The above error messasge
> obviously was not clear enough.  Rewording appreciated.

This seems inconsistent and confusing. When working with the local repository, git-branch doesn't list that as "refs/heads/next" it just lists "next". Why all of a sudden when trying to fetch it from a remote repo must a user know about "refs/heads"?

This seems like an internal detail slipping into the user interface. But maybe i'm wrong, when would it ever be anything other than "refs/heads/<branch>"? If it's _always_ "refs/heads", couldn't that prefix just be assumed if not provided by the user?

Sean
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  44. Lars HjemliDec 22, 2006
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