RE: git checkout -b refs/master origin/master

Martin wrote:

Especially the effect on
git for-each-ref --format="ref=%(refname:lstrip=-1)"
master

It's probably better to do refname:lstrip=2.

You only get part of the branch name.
Because "lstrip" does not distinguish between the / as separator in the 
refs, and the "/" as part of the name.

That shouldn't matter. I use 'fc/area/topic' as names of my branches,
and I know Junio uses similar names: '<contributor>/topic'.

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Felipe Contreras