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Re: git-check-ref-format returns 1 for valid branch names

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Mar 22, 2007, 20:32 UTC
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"Nikolai Weibull" <now@bitwi.se> writes:
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> I'm obviously doing something wrong, but in git 1.5.0.4
>
> % git check-ref-format abc
> % echo $?
> 1
>
> What am I missing here?
If you are trying to see if abc is a valid branch name, try refs/heads/abc.
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