Re: [RFC] git-branch: add options and tests for branch renaming

On 11/28/06, Andy Whitcroft [off-list ref] wrote:

Perhaps I want a rename to just put a rename from in the top
of the new reflog and leave the old there.

That is what happens when you do

  git branch -l topic master

The first entry in reflog for 'topic' will say:

  Branch: created from master

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