Re: "git checkout foo" is getting confused by folder named "foo"

From: Jona Christopher Sahnwaldt <jc@sahnwaldt.de>
Date: Sep 25, 2013, 08:58 UTC
Message-ID: <CAEQewpqbf-sWSt0GS9eXQNi0yFz5-23NcO2JWKO4OgSFv3SXdA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAJDDKr64ou+gO7WJLFZ4zOSv+VCbkiW7nKuZa9=5_fiSqGUeyQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 25 September 2013 04:51, David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Jona Christopher Sahnwaldt
> <jc@sahnwaldt.de> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> maybe this has already been reported, but I didn't find it in the mail archive.
>>
>> If I understand correctly, after I clone a repo, I should be able to
>> switch to branch foo just by running
>>
>> git checkout foo
>>
>> This doesn't seem to work if a folder called "foo" exists in the root
>> of the repo.
>
> git checkout foo --

Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't work for me. With both 1.7.9.5 and 1.8.3.2, I get this:

$ git checkout wiktionary -- fatal: invalid reference: wiktionary

When I try the full branch name:

$ git checkout origin/wiktionary --
Note: checking out 'origin/wiktionary'.
You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can [...]

:-(

Christopher

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>
> The double-dash at the end disambiguates between refs and paths.
>
> You can use that trick on any command that accepts refspec (branches,
> tags, etc) and pathspec (path patterns).
> --
> David