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Re: remote branches, and branch names in general

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 4, 2009, 10:29 UTC
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<20090304102903.GA16123@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 02:32:00PM -0500, Jay Soffian wrote:
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> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> > Yes, the "branch" command deals only with creating things in refs/heads,
> 
> Unless given -r, in which case it looks in refs/remotes, or -a, in
> which case it looks in refs/heads and refs/remotes. :-)
OK, fair enough. ;P

But I think the lesson to be learned is that there is a difference between arbitrary ref lookup (which you might use with log, show, diff, or even as the branching-off point for branch) and specialized commands which assume you are working in some part of the ref hierarchy (heads, tags, or even remotes).

-Peff
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  1. John DlugoszMar 2, 2009
  2. Jakub NarebskiMar 3, 2009
  3. Jeff KingMar 3, 2009
  4. Markus HeidelbergMar 3, 2009
  5. Jeff KingMar 3, 2009
  6. John DlugoszMar 3, 2009
  7. Jeff KingMar 3, 2009
  8. Jay SoffianMar 3, 2009
  9. Jeff KingMar 4, 2009

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