On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Barry Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > What part of delete does git not understand? How the f do I get rid of the > damn branch completely so I can create a new one with the same name and use > it? > > > ~/Src/petsc/src/ts/examples/tutorials/advection-diffusion-reaction master $ > git branch -D barry/saws-update > Deleted branch barry/saws-update (was 9f236db). > ~/Src/petsc/src/ts/examples/tutorials/advection-diffusion-reaction master $ > git branch barry/saws-update > ~/Src/petsc/src/ts/examples/tutorials/advection-diffusion-reaction master $ > git checkout barry/saws-update > M include/petscoptions.h > M include/petscviewer.h > M src/sys/classes/viewer/impls/string/stringv.c > M src/sys/objects/aoptions.c > M src/sys/objects/options.c > M src/sys/objects/pinit.c > Switched to branch 'barry/saws-update'
This did create a new branch. All information in the old branch was lost, and the new barry/saws-update was set to whatever your current branch was. Geoffrey
