Re: Why won't git checkout a branch?

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Jul 1, 2020, 10:20 UTC
Message-ID: <87lfk3czae.fsf@igel.home>
In-Reply-To: <CAH8yC8kxY5mV0p-98W0uDN7PLxmNR4LkNcz9vbKsq21aTd-qQg@mail.gmail.com>

On Jul 01 2020, Jeffrey Walton wrote:

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> On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 5:50 AM Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Jul 01 2020, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>>
>> > $ git checkout m4
>>
>> Try a newer git version:
>>
>> $ git checkout m4
>> fatal: 'm4' could be both a local file and a tracking branch.
>> Please use -- (and optionally --no-guess) to disambiguate
>
> Ack, thanks.
>
> This does not look normal, either. I don't want to create a new
> branch. I want to work on the existing branch.

To disambiguate, use `git checkout m4 --' if you want the branch, and `git checkout -- m4' if you want the local file.

Andreas.

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