Git Migration: github with svn access

[Yawar Amin]

Hi Geert, run:

git push origin :master

This pushes an empty branch name (the part before the colon) from your local repo to the master branch of the origin repo, effectively deleting it.

Regards,

Yawar


Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be> wrote:

>On vrijdag 11 november 2011, Yawar Amin wrote:
>> Hi Geert,
>> 
>> On 2011-11-11, at 11:47, Geert Janssens wrote:
>> >> […]
>> > 
>> > Is there a way to create a branch via the github interface ? Or do I have
>> > to create one on my local repo and push it ? I didn't seem to find a
>> > feature on the website, but perhaps I missed it. I'm not very
>> > comfortable yet with te remote repo handling in git, so I prefer to ask
>> > before messing things up.
>> 
>> You can do the latter.
>> 
>> # In your local repo
>> git branch master remotes/origin/trunk
>> git push origin master
>> 
>Ok, I created a master branch, but svn checkout still fails with the same 
>error. I guess we'll have to wait for github's response to John's comment on 
>the blog.
>
>By the way how do I remove the branch again ? I have been seaching for a way 
>to do that before, but didn't find it.
>
>Geert