From: jonsmirl@gmail.com Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:42:07 GMT Subject: Re: How do I delete a remote branch with a period in the name? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vsjd9wkek.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "jonsmirl@gmail.com" writes: > >> jonsmirl@smirl2:/home/apps/florida/lpc31xx$ git push origin :fl.stg >> error: unable to push to unqualified destination: fl.stg >> The destination refspec neither matches an existing ref on the remote nor >> begins with refs/, and we are unable to guess a prefix based on the source ref. > > The message seems to be saying that fl.stg is not specific enough > perhaps? What does "git ls-remote origin | grep fl.stg" say? If it > says refs/smirl/fl.stg, for example, you can be specific as the > message suggests, e.g. "git push origin :refs/smirl/fl.stg" or > something like that? I have the branch name wrong. It is fl.stgit not fl.stg. But the error message sent me off in the wrong direction looking for an answer. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com