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Re: Deleting remote branch pointed by remote HEAD

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 21, 2009, 19:20 UTC
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<94a0d4530901211120o4d06c813l3abf86c657a7ee16@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 08:31:50PM +0200, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>
>> Why should we care about the remote HEAD? Isn't that relevant only
>> when cloning to find out the branch to checkout?
>
> You can use the shorthand $foo to refer to refs/remotes/$foo/HEAD. Which
> means, in the default case, you can refer to just "origin" to talk about
> origin's master branch.
>
> But as Daniel noted, that is really about local preference for "what is
> the most interesting branch on the remote". You might want to track what
> the remote sets to HEAD, or you might want to set it individually.

Ah, good to know. But then the message should appear only when doing something with the $foo branch.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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  1. Marc-André LureauJan 21, 2009
  2. Michael J GruberJan 21, 2009
  3. Marc-André LureauJan 21, 2009
  4. Michael J GruberJan 21, 2009
  5. Marc-André LureauJan 21, 2009
  6. Jeff KingJan 21, 2009
  7. Daniel BarkalowJan 21, 2009
  8. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Jan 21, 2009
  9. Jeff KingJan 21, 2009
  10. Jeff KingJan 21, 2009
  11. Daniel BarkalowJan 21, 2009
  12. Jeff KingJan 21, 2009
  13. Felipe ContrerasMar 12, 2009
  14. Jeff KingMar 12, 2009
  15. Felipe ContrerasMar 12, 2009
  16. Jeff KingMar 12, 2009
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2009
  18. Felipe ContrerasJan 21, 2009
  19. Jeff KingJan 21, 2009
  20. Felipe ContrerasJan 21, 2009
  21. Adeodato SimóJan 21, 2009
  22. Sitaram ChamartyJan 21, 2009
  23. GUI and detatched HEAD (was Re: Deleting remote branch pointed by remote HEAD)Daniel Barkalow, Jan 21, 2009
  24. Sitaram ChamartyJan 22, 2009

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