Re: master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!?

From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 29, 2010, 20:56 UTC
Message-ID: <fabb9a1e1001291256j71e2c95cic21cb5a6a0cc1fe8@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7veil8iqnj.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Heya,

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 21:48, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> I think "not a branch" is a good suggestion, whether the target of
> checkout is "master^" or "origin/topic".

Mhhh, for added clarity, do we want to change it to "branch name"? Since ...

$ git grep "branch name" Documentation/ | wc -l 58

... suggests that we use that in other places as well?

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier

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