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Re: Possible error on the git-svn man page

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 7, 2013, 02:15 UTC
Message-ID
<20130707021558.GC4193@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20130628095442.3304163d@ifurita.qm.lan>
Hi,
Szuba, Marek (IKP) wrote:
> On the git-svn(1) man page, the third example in the "Basic Examples"
[...]
> $ git checkout -b master FETCH_HEAD
> fatal: Cannot update paths and switch to branch 'master' at the same time.
> Did you intend to checkout 'FETCH_HEAD' which can not be resolved as commit?

What branch are you on when you run "git fetch"? What does "git log FETCH_HEAD" say? Is this repository public, which would let people on this list try it out?

Thanks, Jonathan

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  1. Szuba, Marek (IKP)Jun 28, 2013
  2. Jonathan NiederJul 7, 2013

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