From: Martin <me@mfriebe.de>
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2021 12:40:29 GMT
Subject: git checkout -b refs/master origin/master
Message-ID: <71d3662c-411b-88aa-5cfc-b2f86a067507@mfriebe.de>

Just curious..

"refs/master" is allowed as local branch name (git checkout / git branch 
/ git switch)

Is that intentionally allowed?

  git for-each-ref
6faf346455d0a024cb1edf2d64fc4c42b450c53d commit refs/heads/refs/master

  git for-each-ref --format="ref=%(refname)"
ref=refs/heads/refs/master

Especially the effect on
git for-each-ref --format="ref=%(refname:lstrip=-1)"
master

You only get part of the branch name.
Because "lstrip" does not distinguish between the / as separator in the 
refs, and the "/" as part of the name.