Re: error: src refspec refs/heads/master matches more than one.

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 14, 2014, 16:32 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqy51dirjs.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8BevKQaRLYMMv7bTjf_ZAOnkrimws519OyhGZz6_Vr_-A@mail.gmail.com>

Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> Josef Wolf <jw@raven.inka.de> writes:
>>
>>> Notice the refs/heads _within_ refs/heads!
>>>
>>> Now I wonder how I managed to get into this situation and what's the best way
>>> to recover?
>>
>> Probably you did something like "git branch refs/heads/master".  You can
>> remove it again with "git branch -d refs/heads/master".
>
> As a porcelain, "git branch" should prevent (or at least warn) users
> from creating such refs, I think.

"warn", possibly, but I do not see a reason to *prevent*.

 A. You are not allowed to call your branch with a string that begins with
    'refs/heads/'.
 B. Why?
 A. Because it will confuse you.
 B. I know what I am doing.
 A. ???