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Re: 'git branch' when origin branch with same name exists

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RLRyan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca>
Date
Jun 19, 2012, 15:54 UTC
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<4FE0A0C0.2080409@desrt.ca>
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<4FE09C39.50702@elegosoft.com>
hi Michael,
On 12-06-19 11:35 AM, Michael Schubert wrote:
> This very much violates the distributed nature of Git. Everything
> is allowed, because it's *my* repository.

It is certainly allowed, as originally mentioned, with a --force option of some kind.

It is only prevented by default because it is likely you are making a mistake...

Cheers
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