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Re: checkout on an empty directory fails

From
Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 5, 2012, 11:07 UTC
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Hi René,
René Doß wrote:
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> I have a clean derectory ang the git database. Now I want check out the
> master.
> [...]
>
> 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
> [...]
In such situations, "git status" usually has something helpful to say.
 You're already on the "master" branch, and you can reset your
worktree with `git reset --hard` (caution: please read the manpage).
-- Ram
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Message 6 of 7 in “checkout on an empty directory fails”
  1. René DoßJan 5, 2012
  2. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 5, 2012
  3. René DoßJan 5, 2012
  4. Holger HellmuthJan 5, 2012
  5. Dirk SüsserottJan 5, 2012
  6. Ramkumar RamachandraJan 5, 2012
  7. Thomas RastJan 5, 2012

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