[Interest] What happened to 5.5.1 branch?

Jason H jhihn at gmx.com
Mon Feb 8 19:10:59 CET 2016


> > Not sure why it got deleted. They are free.
> 
> It's free to keep it in the repository, but it adds noise to, say,
> `git branch -r` (command line). The number of Qt versions only grows
> over time.
> 
> Also, a branch is for making commits. Since no more commits are
> accepted for Qt 5.5.1, it makes sense to remove the "5.5.1" branch.
> 
> If you want the 5.5.1, sources, you can check out the "v5.5.1" tag.
> 
> 
> > And there are others. Now I'm always getting:
> > 'git log' failed with code 128:'fatal: bad revision '(HEAD detached from c595fc7)'
> > with all my git actions.
> 
> That's a SourceTree issue, not a git issue. Here's an old, unresolved
> bug report: https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/293099/git-log-failed-with-code-128-fatal-bad-revision-detached-from-35e6d4e
> 
> Here's what others have done to fix very similar errors:
> https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/94201/error-encountered-on-source-tree-git-log-failed-with-code-128


I still don't see why that one got deleted and the others were allowed to stay. I'm still hosed.



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