Your message dated Sun, 22 Sep 2019 08:03:37 +0200
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and subject line Fixed in git 2.16.0
has caused the Debian Bug report #793884,
regarding git: allows nonsensical command 'git checkout -b HEAD'
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Package: git
Version: 1:2.1.4-2.1
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream
$ git branch HEAD
fatal: it does not make sense to create 'HEAD' manually
# OK, special casing prevents this
$ git checkout -b HEAD
Switched to a new branch 'HEAD'
# but not this :-P
$ git checkout master
Switched to branch 'master'
$ git checkout HEAD
warning: refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous.
Switched to branch 'HEAD'
# oops ;-)
$ git checkout master
Switched to branch 'master'
$ git branch -d HEAD
Deleted branch HEAD (was 6e54945).
# OK, we can easily cleanup this mess again
The same works in 1:2.4.6-1 in sid.
If there is some special casing for HEAD in git branch, the same
should probably be done for git checkout -b, too.
Andreas
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: git
Version: 1:2.16.1-1
Since version 2.16.0, git no longer lets you create a branch named
HEAD. From the release notes:
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| * "git branch" and "git checkout -b" are now forbidden from creating
| a branch whose name is "HEAD".
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