git-check-ref-format returns 1 for valid branch names

From: Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se>
Date: Mar 22, 2007, 20:24 UTC
Message-ID: <dbfc82860703221324k48690833g6731ef75562839d6@mail.gmail.com>

I'm obviously doing something wrong, but in git 1.5.0.4

% git check-ref-format abc % echo $? 1

What am I missing here?

  nikolai

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