Did the trick... thanks Dave
Alex
On Aug 10, 4:15 pm, Dave Smith <dave2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> try:
> git branch -D -- --tracksolr-1-3
>
> those extra -- tell git to stop checking for options
>
> Dave Smith
>
> 2009/8/10 pharkle <alex.farr...@gmail.com>
>
>
>
> > I wish I hadn't done this... but I accidentally named a branch "--
> > tracksolr-1-3" and now can neither delete it with git branch -D nor
> > check it out with git checkout. e.g.:
>
> > >>git branch -D "--tracksolr-1-3"
> > error: unknown option `tracksolr-1-3'
>
> > >>git checkout --tracksolr-1-3
> > error: unknown option `tracksolr-1-3'
>
> > Neither quotes nor backslash escaping the hyphens in the branch name
> > seem to do the trick.... I guess I should just rm -rf my repo and
> > check it out again? Is that the only thing one can do?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Alex
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