# [PATCH] Reference git-check-ref-format in git-branch. 2 messages from 2006-05-21 to 2006-05-21. Participants: Shawn Pearce, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/4227 ## Shawn Pearce, 2006-05-21 01:54 Subject: [PATCH] Reference git-check-ref-format in git-branch. Message-ID: <20060521015446.GA7605@spearce.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20060521015446.GA7605%40spearce.org ``` Its nice to have git-check-ref-format actually get mentioned in git-branch's documentation as the syntax of a ref name must conform to what is described in git-check-ref-format. Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce --- Sorry about this patch being built on pu. It clearly has no relationship to current pu, but the new -l appears in the hunk below... 1e2080dcf2f8e76e0fcf48684e5c6b182f695e0a Documentation/git-branch.txt | 3 +++ Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) 1e2080dcf2f8e76e0fcf48684e5c6b182f695e0a diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index a7bec3c..d43ef1d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ OPTIONS :: The name of the branch to create or delete. + The new branch name must pass all checks defined by + gitlink:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks + may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name. :: The new branch will be created with a HEAD equal to this. It may diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 0643943..fbdbadc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ OPTIONS Force a re-read of everything. -b:: - Create a new branch and start it at . + Create a new branch named and start it at + . The new branch name must pass all checks defined + by gitlink:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks + may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name. -l:: Create the new branch's ref log. This activates recording of -- 1.3.3.gfad60 ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2006-05-21 09:07 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Reference git-check-ref-format in git-branch. Message-ID: <7vhd3jzqyu.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vhd3jzqyu.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: <20060521015446.GA7605@spearce.org> ``` Shawn Pearce writes: > Sorry about this patch being built on pu. It clearly has no > relationship to current pu, but the new -l appears in the hunk > below... "am -3 -s -u" is how I handle patches anyway, and it did not have much trouble backporting it to the tip of "master". ```