From: Todd A. Jacobs <nospam@codegnome.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:36:28 GMT
Subject: Re: PEBKAC or bug: unable to create path-like branch names
Message-ID: <20091115073628.GE5934@penguin.codegnome.org>
In-Reply-To: <8c9a060911142136s68a08892ifa27989f3a5bfdfb@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 09:36:47PM -0800, Jacob Helwig wrote:

> What version of git are you using?  git checkout -b foo/bar/baz works

I'm using 1.6.5.2 as well. Okay, try this in a temp directory, and
you'll see what I mean:

    git init
    echo foo > foo
    git add foo
    git commit -m testing foo
    git checkout -b dev
    git checkout -b dev/feature/foobar

The first branch works fine, but after attempting the nested branch the
message reappears:

    error: unable to resolve reference refs/heads/dev/feature/foobar: Not a directory
    fatal: Failed to lock ref for update: Not a directory

I can recreate this behavior at any time; it isn't just a problem with
an existing repository.

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