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Re: git push bug?

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 18, 2007, 16:21 UTC
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Hi,
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> Seems like it is a bit too easy to make mistakes here. Why can I delete 
> a branch with :linus but not create one with linus:linus?
I wonder why you bother with the colon at all.  Just
	git push <remote> linus

and be done with it. The colon is only there to play interesting games, not something as simple as "push this branch" or "push this tag".

Ciao, Dscho

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