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Re: Fwd: Bug#793884: git: allows nonsensical command 'git checkout -b HEAD'

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 28, 2015, 16:32 UTC
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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
> This seems like a good thing to fix (i.e. make sure XX is not
> ambiguous before creating it with "git checkout -b XX")
Yeah, sounds like an easy lunch-time hack low-hanging fruit :-).
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  1. Duy NguyenJul 28, 2015
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2015

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