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`git fetch origin ''` (the empty string) -- should this work?

Subject: `git fetch origin ''` (the empty string) -- should this work?

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Anthony Sottile· Jan 8, 2020, 05:28 UTC · lore

this seems to end up doing the same as `git fetch origin HEAD` but I can't figure out why -- perhaps someone on this list can help me :)

$ git fetch origin ''
From github.com:python/cpython
 * branch                  HEAD       -> FETCH_HEAD

what I expected was `fatal: Couldn't find remote ref ''` or something of the sort as would be seen when fetching some non-existent branch:

$ git fetch origin wat fatal: Couldn't find remote ref wat

Anthony

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