Using the slash character in Git branch name

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Published on 2010-03-26T23:07:32Z Indexed on 2010/03/26 23:13 UTC
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I'm pretty sure I saw somewhere in a popular Git project the branches had a pattern like "feature/xyz".

However when I try to create a branch with the slash character, I get an error:

$ git branch foo/bar
error: unable to resolve reference refs/heads/labs/feature: Not a directory
fatal: Failed to lock ref for update: Not a directory

Same problem for (my initial attempt):

$ git checkout -b foo/bar

How does one create a branch in Git with the slash character?

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