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From: "jonsmirl@gmail.com" <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How do I delete a remote branch with a period in the name?
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 07:42:07 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKON4OxBo7XiF5c60oyEUMR1xCh16n5BZCz-mmcUc0V9X7D32A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vsjd9wkek.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> "jonsmirl@gmail.com" <jonsmirl@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> jonsmirl@smirl2:/home/apps/florida/lpc31xx$ git push origin :fl.stg
>> error: unable to push to unqualified destination: fl.stg
>> The destination refspec neither matches an existing ref on the remote nor
>> begins with refs/, and we are unable to guess a prefix based on the source ref.
>
> The message seems to be saying that fl.stg is not specific enough
> perhaps?  What does "git ls-remote origin | grep fl.stg" say?  If it
> says refs/smirl/fl.stg, for example, you can be specific as the
> message suggests, e.g. "git push origin :refs/smirl/fl.stg" or
> something like that?

I have the branch name wrong. It is fl.stgit not fl.stg.
But the error message sent me off in the wrong direction looking for an answer.

-- 
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com

  reply	other threads:[~2012-07-03 11:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-03  3:09 How do I delete a remote branch with a period in the name? jonsmirl
2012-07-03  4:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-07-03 11:42   ` jonsmirl [this message]
2012-07-03 18:04     ` [PATCH] push: don't guess at qualifying remote refs on deletion Jeff King
2012-07-03 18:34       ` jonsmirl
2012-07-03 18:40         ` Jeff King
2012-07-03 18:43           ` jonsmirl
2012-07-03 19:35             ` Jeff King
2012-07-04  7:21           ` Carlos Martín Nieto
     [not found]             ` <CABURp0rVPAvxP1sp_nmoNYd+F+OsvWeHgUAeo7-VTnQhdebFeg@mail.gmail.com>
2012-07-05  7:22               ` Carlos Martín Nieto
2012-07-05 15:32                 ` Phil Hord
2012-07-05 17:24                   ` Carlos Martín Nieto
2012-07-05 17:26                   ` Junio C Hamano
2012-07-03 19:38       ` Junio C Hamano
2012-07-04  7:37         ` Jeff King
2012-07-03  7:56 ` How do I delete a remote branch with a period in the name? Andreas Schwab
2012-07-03 19:39   ` Junio C Hamano

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