Re: master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!?
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Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@gmail.com>
- Date
- Jan 29, 2010, 20:27 UTC
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- <ron1-2E17EF.12204629012010@news.gmane.org>
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:20, Ron1 <ron1@flownet.com> wrote:
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> [ron@mickey]$ git checkout master > Already on 'master' > [ron@mickey]$ git checkout master^ > Note: moving to 'master^' which isn't a local branch > If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so > (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example: > git checkout -b <new_branch_name> > HEAD is now at 7be05e0... test > [ron@mickey]$ git branch > * (no branch) > master > [ron@mickey]$ > > Huh?!? > > This is a test repository which has never been pulled from nor pushed to > anywhere. So how is it possible that I have a non-local branch? > > Thanks, > rg >
master^ is a commit (the first parent of master), not a branch (local or otherwise).