Subject: git branch -D won't delete the branch you're on

From: Andy Parkins <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:00:47 +0000

Hello,

Minor nitpick, that is not dreadfully important, but now that we have the 
detached HEAD facility, is it reasonable to expect this to work?

 $ git checkout -b somebranch HEAD^
 $ git branch -d somebranch
 error: Cannot delete the branch 'testcvs' which you are currently on.

Especially given that this will work (albeit with a warning):

 $ git checkout HEAD^
 warning: you are not on ANY branch anymore.
 If you meant to create a new branch from the commit, you need -b to
 associate a new branch with the wanted checkout.  Example:
   git checkout -b <new_branch_name> HEAD^

Andy
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Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE
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