On 04/02/2020 23:26, Bill Schmidt wrote: > On 2/4/20 5:09 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote: >> On Feb 04 2020, Bill Schmidt wrote: >> >>> Hm. If I'm understanding you correctly, this still attempts to create a >>> new branch: >>> >>> wschmidt@marlin:~/newgcc/gcc/config/rs6000$ git push --dry-run >>> users/wschmidt +wschmidt/builtins:users/wschmidt/builtins >> Sorry, that needs to be fully qualified, as it is not under refs/heads >> (and /heads/ was missing on the remote side): >> >> +wschmidt/builtins:refs/users/wschmidt/heads/builtins > > > Thanks! That worked: > > git push users/wschmidt > +wschmidt/builtins:refs/users/wschmidt/heads/builtins > > Regarding your other suggestion, I don't like to use -f given that I've > noticed it will sometimes attempt to push other local branches as well. > But it looks to be unnecessary with this method. >
git push -f users/wschmidt wschmidt/builtins shouldn't push anything other than wschmidt/builtins. Anything more really would be a bug as you've specified what you want to push explicitly. R. > Much obliged! > Bill > >> >> Andreas. >>
