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Re: Branch name with space

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Dec 2, 2008, 18:03 UTC
Message-ID
<20081202180344.GW23984@spearce.org>
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<4935719A.8000705@distributel.ca>
Le <le_wen@distributel.ca> wrote:
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> I tried to rename a branch to a new name with space in it. It complained :
> git-branch -M 'test 1' or test\ 1
> fatal: Invalid branch name: refs/heads/test 1
>
> Is there a way the get round this problem?

Don't put spaces in branch names. They aren't permitted. Use an underscore ('_') or a hypen ('-').

-- 
Shawn.
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  1. LeDec 2, 2008
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