title: Git removes first character from branch name
body: <p>I have a problem with using git. I created a new repository &quot;test&quot;. Then I created the branch &quot;master&quot;, put some files in there, committed and pushed it. Everything works fine. Now I create a new branch with</p>
  <pre><code>git branch release_test
  git checkout release_test
  git commit -m &quot;new release&quot;
  git push
  </code></pre>
  <p>And two new branches are created. One that is called &quot;release_test&quot;, and another one that is called &quot;elease_test&quot;. I am 100% sure that there are no spelling mistakes or something like that. I tried this twice with completely new repositories. Does anyone have an idea why this is happening?</p>