From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 18:10:14 GMT
Subject: Re: Users of git-check-files?
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0508031108550.3258@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <200508031946.01017.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>



On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Josef Weidendorfer wrote:
> 
> But my example shows that the error happens even with 2 branches totally 
> unrelated to each other: if branch1 got a new commit, you can not push to
> branch2 from another clone.

Sure you can.

	git-send-pack remote branch2

and you've just done so.

The shorthand of "no branches listed" expands to _all_ branches, and if 
you try to send all branches, then you're trying to update "branch1" with 
something you don't have. That's your usage error.

		Linus