From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:03:44 GMT
Subject: Re: Branch name with space
Message-ID: <20081202180344.GW23984@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <4935719A.8000705@distributel.ca>

Le <le_wen@distributel.ca> wrote:
> 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.