git pull --rebase problems.

[Carlos O'Donell]

On 10/3/2012 7:06 PM, Andrew Pinski wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Carlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org> wrote:
>> Team,
>>
>> What happened here?
>>
>> git pull --rebase
>> error: 'refs/remotes/origin/hjl/pr14557' exists; cannot create
>> 'refs/remotes/origin/hjl/pr14557/map'
>> From ssh://sourceware.org/git/glibc
>>  ! [new branch]      hjl/pr14557/map -> origin/hjl/pr14557/map
>> (unable to update local ref)
>> error: 'refs/remotes/origin/hjl/pr14557' exists; cannot create
>> 'refs/remotes/origin/hjl/pr14557/master'
>>  ! [new branch]      hjl/pr14557/master -> origin/hjl/pr14557/master
>> (unable to update local ref)
>> error: some local refs could not be updated; try running
>>  'git remote prune origin' to remove any old, conflicting branches
>>
>> Is there something I need to do on my end to fix this?
>>
>> Delete the local tracking branches and pull again?
> 
> Just run "git remote prune origin" and it should work.
> I had to do this when I did a "git pull" recently.

Thanks Andrew, that worked.

What causes this to happen?

Deleting and recreating remote branches with the same names?

I don't like having to obey git without knowing what it's doing...

Cheers,
Carlos.