# [PATCH] Documentation: Mention that 'bisect' is reserved branch name 3 messages from 2008-11-07 to 2008-11-07. Participants: Abhijit Bhopatkar, Teemu Likonen. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/16208 ## Abhijit Bhopatkar, 2008-11-07 10:01 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: Mention that 'bisect' is reserved branch name Message-ID: <2fcfa6df0811070201g75bfe659x38a4f14b1cf793c6@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/2fcfa6df0811070201g75bfe659x38a4f14b1cf793c6%40mail.gmail.com ``` "git bisect" uses 'bisect' branch to carry out it's operations. However "git branch" documentation does mention it. Add a note that 'bisect' can not be used as generic branch name by the user. Signed-off-by: Abhijit Bhopatkar --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 6103d62..2ea99fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ but different purposes: - `--no-merged` is used to find branches which are candidates for merging into HEAD, since those branches are not fully contained by HEAD. +The branch name 'bisect' is reserved for use by "git-bisect" and can not be +used as a generic branch name. + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds and Junio C Hamano ``` ## Teemu Likonen, 2008-11-07 10:13 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Mention that 'bisect' is reserved branch name Message-ID: <87wsff269h.fsf@iki.fi> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87wsff269h.fsf%40iki.fi In-Reply-To: <2fcfa6df0811070201g75bfe659x38a4f14b1cf793c6@mail.gmail.com> ``` Abhijit Bhopatkar (2008-11-07 15:31 +0530) wrote: > "git bisect" uses 'bisect' branch to carry out it's operations. > However "git branch" documentation does mention it. > Add a note that 'bisect' can not be used as generic branch > name by the user. Hmm... commit 634f246444e6a1675e351f31362e6a375dc44f70 Author: Christian Couder Date: 2008-05-23 01:28:57 +0200 bisect: use a detached HEAD to bisect ``` ## Abhijit Bhopatkar, 2008-11-07 10:23 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Mention that 'bisect' is reserved branch name Message-ID: <2fcfa6df0811070223w5631af5drdc34e6ea51bc566e@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/2fcfa6df0811070223w5631af5drdc34e6ea51bc566e%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <87wsff269h.fsf@iki.fi> ``` >> "git bisect" uses 'bisect' branch to carry out it's operations. >> However "git branch" documentation does mention it. >> Add a note that 'bisect' can not be used as generic branch >> name by the user. > Hmm... > commit 634f246444e6a1675e351f31362e6a375dc44f70 > Author: Christian Couder > Date: 2008-05-23 01:28:57 +0200 > > bisect: use a detached HEAD to bisect Cool, didn't know that ... Submitted patch must be ignored Thanks Abhijit ```