Re: error with $ git push origin HEAD:newbranch

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: May 5, 2011, 09:37 UTC
Message-ID: <20110505093752.GB29595@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20110505T103708-225@post.gmane.org>

On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 08:47:39AM +0000, chris wrote:

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> $ git push origin HEAD:newbranch
> error: unable to push to unqualified destination: newbranch
> The destination refspec neither matches an existing ref on the remote nor
> begins with refs/, and we are unable to guess a prefix based on the source ref.
> error: failed to push some refs to 'ssh://example.com/srv/git/project.git'
> 
> This worked previously[1].  Local git version 1.7.5, remote git version 1.7.2.3.
> 
> 1. I recently upgraded locally from 1.7.4.x

I can't replicate here, using this snippet:

  git init --bare parent &&
  git clone parent child &&
  (cd child &&
   echo content >file &&
   git add file &&
   git commit -m one &&
   git push origin HEAD:newbranch
  )

However, you may see that message if you are on a detached head instead of a branch. Might that be the case here?

-Peff