The patch in the previous mail results in a change in output as specified below.
$ git branch
* master
foo
bar
Before patch,
$ git branch -m hypothet master
fatal: A branch named 'master' already exists.
$ git branch -m hypothet real
error: refname refs/heads/hypothet not found
fatal: Branch rename failed
After patch,
$ git branch -m hypothet master
fatal: Branch 'hypothet' does not exist.
$ git branch -m hypothet real
fatal: Branch 'hypothet' does not exist.
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Kaartic

