From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:03:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] setup.c:verify_non_filename(): don't die unnecessarily while disambiguating
Message-ID: <20070806080301.GL9527@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vk5s9dt2b.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> 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.