On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 09:33:42AM -0400, Jay Soffian wrote:
> I like how the user would interact with that, but what happens with:
>
>  git checkout -b topic/subtopic
>
> The reflog of the deleted branch is in the way.

Handle it just as gracefully as we do today. This is what happens when
you try to create a branch with a similar collision:

$ git branch foo/bar
$ git branch foo
error: there are still refs under 'refs/heads/foo'
fatal: Failed to lock ref for update: Is a directory

So the reflog analog would be:

$ git branch topic/subtopic
error: there are still logs under 'logs/refs/heads/topic'
fatal: Failed to lock log for update: Is a directory

I think it's an edge case; thus I think it's okay to fail as long as
we give a reasonable error and a way to rename it.

j.
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