From: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:10:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] git-branch: add options and tests for branch renaming
Message-ID: <8c5c35580611280810g2214ec8cs7406653c319be6fc@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <456C4FCE.6090306@shadowen.org>

On 11/28/06, Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> wrote:
> Perhaps I want a rename to just put a rename from in the top
> of the new reflog and leave the old there.

That is what happens when you do

  git branch -l topic master

The first entry in reflog for 'topic' will say:

  Branch: created from master

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