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Re: [PATCH] Include a git-push example for creating a remote branch

From
Miles Bader <miles.bader@necel.com>
Date
Sep 6, 2007, 04:54 UTC
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<buoodggo0l2.fsf@dhapc248.dev.necel.com>
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"Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org> writes:
> Many users get confused when `git push origin master:foo` works
> when foo already exists on the remote repository but are confused
> when foo doesn't exist as a branch and this form does not create
> the branch foo.
Hmm, what _does_ it do in that case...?
-Miles
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