From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:01:27 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Include a git-push example for creating a remote branch
Message-ID: <20070906050127.GS18160@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <buoodggo0l2.fsf@dhapc248.dev.necel.com>

Miles Bader <miles.bader@necel.com> wrote:
> "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org> writes:
> > Many users get confused when `git push origin master:foo` works
> > when foo already exists on the remote repository but are confused
> > when foo doesn't exist as a branch and this form does not create
> > the branch foo.
> 
> Hmm, what _does_ it do in that case...?

error: dst refspec experimental does not match any existing ref on the remote and does not start with refs/.

-- 
Shawn.