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Re: Deleting remote branch pointed by remote HEAD

From
Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 21, 2009, 15:41 UTC
Message-ID
<e29894ca0901210741i14bb2c44uc8222e426c987fc2@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:

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> So, you get these errors on the local repo when dealing with the remote
> repo, right? I guess this means two things:
>
> 1) You are deleting a remote branch
>
> 2) Your original report could have been a bit more detailed ;)
>
> In fact, I'm still unsure about your setup and can't reproduce, unless
> "almost every git command" was vastly exaggerated, and Adeodato's
> description matches your setup. Does it?
>
It matches. Sorry if I didn't describe the problem correctly.

"almost every git command" might be exaggerated. Since I am using bash and abusing completion, I get it in the middle of my shell, and it confuses bash. I have to clear my terminal to continue writing my command (C-l)

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> If yes then git has basically no choice, unless you want git to leave
> HEAD in place as a detached head. This is related to how the symref is
> resolved, which in turn is related to the issue of removing remote
> branches, which in turn is related to an issue I've been meaning to look
> into quite a while ago... So, reproducibility would be nice.

Not sure I follow, but I think Adeodato mail gives you a more detailed test case to reproduce.

thanks,
-- 
Marc-André Lureau
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  1. Marc-André LureauJan 21, 2009
  2. Michael J GruberJan 21, 2009
  3. Marc-André LureauJan 21, 2009
  4. Michael J GruberJan 21, 2009
  5. Marc-André LureauJan 21, 2009
  6. Jeff KingJan 21, 2009
  7. Daniel BarkalowJan 21, 2009
  8. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Jan 21, 2009
  9. Jeff KingJan 21, 2009
  10. Jeff KingJan 21, 2009
  11. Daniel BarkalowJan 21, 2009
  12. Jeff KingJan 21, 2009
  13. Felipe ContrerasMar 12, 2009
  14. Jeff KingMar 12, 2009
  15. Felipe ContrerasMar 12, 2009
  16. Jeff KingMar 12, 2009
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2009
  18. Felipe ContrerasJan 21, 2009
  19. Jeff KingJan 21, 2009
  20. Felipe ContrerasJan 21, 2009
  21. Adeodato SimóJan 21, 2009
  22. Sitaram ChamartyJan 21, 2009
  23. GUI and detatched HEAD (was Re: Deleting remote branch pointed by remote HEAD)Daniel Barkalow, Jan 21, 2009
  24. Sitaram ChamartyJan 22, 2009

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