Monday, 15 February 2010

Git can't switch to or delete a branch -


In GIT, I named a branch 2020 . Now I can not go to that branch, and when I try to remove it, I get the error Fatal: need for branch name . I use regular git branch-D2020 and force git branch-D2020 .

I have also tried to name the branch in quotes, but I get a single error.

I do not want this branch any more, can any such thing be done?

Update: I can check the branch using the git checkout riffs / head / 2020 , but I can not remove it from doing so.

Update 2: Navigating to / Gs / refs / then changing the name of 2020 to 2020, I deleted it. Whatever git was playing, I do not know.

The problem here is that 2020 resembles a short SHA-1 .

I have done this kind of thing before myself, which looks like words: I had a branch which I gave the name cafe or similar.

This trick is to put some non-numerical, non-"A" characters in the branch name (you can change it with git branch -m low level Method you used) so that guit can tell that this is not a SHA-1.


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