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Re: [BUG] branch renamed to 'HEAD'

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Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 27, 2017, 09:47 UTC
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On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 04:02:33AM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
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> Ugh. Actually, there are a few complications I found:
> 
>   1. Checking "HEAD" afterwards means you can't actually have a branch
>      named "HEAD". Doing so is probably insane, but we probably really
>      _do_ want to just disallow the @-conversion here.
> 
>   2. This isn't limited to just HEAD and @-conversion. For instance:
It's a bit what I was afraid of.
Luc
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  1. Luc Van OostenryckFeb 27, 2017
  2. Karthik NayakFeb 27, 2017
  3. Luc Van OostenryckFeb 27, 2017
  4. Jeff KingFeb 27, 2017
  5. Jeff KingFeb 27, 2017
  6. Jeff KingFeb 27, 2017
  7. Luc Van OostenryckFeb 27, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2017
  9. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2017
  10. Jacob KellerFeb 27, 2017
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2017
  12. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2017
  13. Jacob KellerFeb 28, 2017
  14. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2017

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