Re: Branch name support & character

Andrew Ardill [off-list ref] writes:

Using git checkout -b 'my&branch' works for me (single quotes around
the branch name).

Pushing to a local remote also works: git push --set-upstream
../git-test-2 'my&branch'

Thanks for sanity-checking.  I was wondering if we have codepaths
that botch quoting (we shouldn't, and if there is, we should fix
it).

That being said, I would advise not using & in branch names,
specifically because it is a special character in shells.

Good advice.