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Re: error: src refspec refs/heads/master matches more than one.

From
JWJosef Wolf <jw@raven.inka.de>
Date
Feb 14, 2014, 22:53 UTC
Message-ID
<20140214225348.GD17817@raven.inka.de>
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 08:32:07AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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>  A. You are not allowed to call your branch with a string that begins with
>     'refs/heads/'.
>  B. Why?
>  A. Because it will confuse you.
>  B. I know what I am doing.
>  A. ???

Your reply in http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/1-8-0-git-checkout-refs-heads-foo-checks-out-branch-foo-td5999936.html suggests that one should explicitly use the refs/heads prefix to to work around ambiguities in some situations.

Are there any best-practices sugestions out there about when to use the refs/heads prefix and when not? It looks like git delibaretly cuts off this prefix in some situations.

I don't think my problem stems from something like "git branch refs/heads/master" Anyway, some clarifications about the usage of this prefix would be great!

-- 
Josef Wolf
jw@raven.inka.de
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  1. Josef WolfFeb 14, 2014
  2. Andreas SchwabFeb 14, 2014
  3. Duy NguyenFeb 14, 2014
  4. Josef WolfFeb 14, 2014
  5. David KastrupFeb 14, 2014
  6. Josef WolfFeb 14, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2014
  8. David KastrupFeb 14, 2014
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2014
  10. Josef WolfFeb 14, 2014
  11. Duy NguyenFeb 15, 2014
  12. Ingo RohloffFeb 17, 2014
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2014
  14. John KeepingFeb 18, 2014
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2014
  16. John KeepingFeb 18, 2014
  17. Michael HaggertyFeb 20, 2014
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2014
  19. David KastrupFeb 18, 2014
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2014
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