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Re: Why won't git checkout a branch?

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Jul 1, 2020, 09:50 UTC
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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

Andreas.
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