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Re: error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/*'

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Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Date
Jun 17, 2008, 14:29 UTC
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On Tuesday 17 June 2008, Nicolas Bock wrote:
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> This is what I get:
>
> $ git show-ref
> a4995ae293fd95697a643cd3ea45585ecc38a19d refs/heads/ACT
> 3378ccb42c22740b7fcc240ffa0e4f798b8acf1f refs/heads/master
> 78e33155a0ab4ab0acba4c64758681fe99f1c5ca refs/heads/nick
> ef66b3aa74b8c1edb55161e01a99dee7cf9edaa3 refs/remotes/origin/*
> 3378ccb42c22740b7fcc240ffa0e4f798b8acf1f refs/remotes/origin/master
>
> in what sense is this ref "bogus"? Is it syntactically incorrect?

Yes, According to "man git-check-ref-format", asterisk is NOT allowed in a ref name.

...Johan
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  1. Nicolas BockJun 16, 2008
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  3. Johannes SchindelinJun 17, 2008
  4. Nicolas BockJun 17, 2008
  5. Johan HerlandJun 17, 2008
  6. Nicolas BockJun 17, 2008
  7. Jakub NarebskiJun 17, 2008
  8. Nicolas BockJun 17, 2008
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