From: Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:52:07 GMT
Subject: Re: Deleting remote branch pointed by remote HEAD
Message-ID: <slrngnedkm.apk.sitaramc@sitaramc.homelinux.net>
In-Reply-To: <e29894ca0901210502n1ed1187bm46669a402ab4fe48@mail.gmail.com>

On 2009-01-21, Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@gmail.com> wrote:

> I deleted a remote branch which was pointed by HEAD, this way: "git
> push origin :master"
>
> Then for almost every git command, I get this error: "error:
> refs/remotes/origin/HEAD points nowhere!".
>
> I found this situation non-friendly. Fortunately, I could understand
> what's going on. But a new user might be confused.

That's a pretty advanced command for a beginner.  I have
people who're only using the GUI (in the presumption that it
will be less confusing or less powerful or whatever) and
have managed to right click on a remote branch, choose
"checkout this branch" and have made commits on it without
knowing they're not on any branch!

I wish I had your problem :-)