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Re: [PATCH] setup.c:verify_non_filename(): don't die unnecessarily while disambiguating

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Aug 6, 2007, 08:03 UTC
Message-ID
<20070806080301.GL9527@spearce.org>
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> If you have a working tree _file_ "foo", attempt to refer to a
> branch "foo/bar" without -- to disambiguate, like this:
> 
> 	$ git log foo/bar
> ---
> 
>  * This was from a real-life experience Shawn had.

Ack. I have done this many times, and every time I thought I was going nuts. Until Junio found this bug tonight. Many thanks.

-- 
Shawn.
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  1. setup.c:verify_non_filename(): don't die unnecessarily while disambiguatingJunio C Hamano, Aug 6, 2007
  2. Shawn O. PearceAug 6, 2007

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