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Re: error: unlink(.git/refs/remotes/origin/testbranch) failed: was remote does not support deleting refs

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 8, 2008, 20:04 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> It is harmless, but it still feels a little wrong to scare the user with
> that message, especially since "Failed to delete" is ambiguous; it looks
> like the main operation, deleting the remote ref, failed. But it didn't;
> the operation that failed was something not even explicitly asked for.
>
> How about this cleanup:
Ack.
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Message 5 of 6 in “remote does not support deleting refs”
  1. MartinJul 5, 2008
  2. error: unlink(.git/refs/remotes/origin/testbranch) failed: was remote does not support deleting refsMartin, Jul 6, 2008
  3. Dmitry PotapovJul 6, 2008
  4. Jeff KingJul 8, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2008
  6. Dmitry PotapovJul 6, 2008

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