From: René Doß Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:09:29 GMT Subject: checkout on an empty directory fails Message-ID: <4F0576D9.4030207@gmx.de> I have a clean derectory ang the git database. Now I want check out the master. The master is the last commit. The files name are displayed but not stored out in directory. Why can not I check out? René Doß red@linux-nrd1:~/iso/a> ls -a . .. .git red@linux-nrd1:~/iso/a> git checkout master D SP601_RevC_annotated_master_ucf_8-28-09.ucf D rtl/ether_speed.vhd D rtl/ether_top.vhd D rtl/ether_tx.vhd D rtl/takt.vhd D sim/makefile D sim/tb_ether_top.vhd Already on 'master' red@linux-nrd1:~/iso/a> ls red@linux-nrd1:~/iso/a>