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Re: troublesome branch name in remote repo causes .git/config inconsistency in cloned repo

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 8, 2013, 18:59 UTC
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Pavel Pospíšil <pospispa@gmail.com> writes:
> I think that the problem may be with the branch name length. I think
> that git branch allows to created branches with very long names,
> however, such long name are not allowed in .git/config ...
I think we lifted this limit back in 1.8.0.1 timeframe.
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  1. Pavel PospíšilJan 8, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2013

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