Description of problem: 1. Go into a detached HEAD state for an existing branch by checking out some commit before the latest. 2. Forget you just did that... :) 3. Attempt to set an upstream branch, i.e. 'git branch -u origin/repo_branch' . 4. Git segfaults. No serious consequences of this, but it's a little sloppy and mildly confusing. I would have expected a message about being in a detached HEAD state. Version-Release number of selected component: git-1.8.0.2-1.fc18 Additional info: backtrace_rating: 4 cmdline: git branch -u deuzeman/numerical_deriv crash_function: cmd_branch executable: /usr/bin/git kernel: 3.6.11-3.fc18.x86_64 remote_result: 570010 uid: 1000 Truncated backtrace: Thread no. 1 (4 frames) #0 cmd_branch at builtin/branch.c:886 #1 run_builtin at git.c:306 #2 handle_internal_command at git.c:467 #3 run_argv at git.c:513
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