linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.16.0-rc0

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Date:   Fri, 29 Dec 2017 12:47:23 +0530
From:   Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@...il.com>
To:     Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com>, git@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        git-packagers@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.16.0-rc0

On Friday 29 December 2017 10:00 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>   * "git branch" and "git checkout -b" are now forbidden from creating
>     a branch whose name is "HEAD".

"git branch" already forbid a branch named "HEAD", didn't it? I thought 
we just made "git checkout -b" to reject "HEAD" as a valid branch name, 
recently.

-- 
Kaartic