# Confusing error message

1 messages from 2010-10-21 to 2010-10-21. Participants: Ralf Baechle.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/25493

## Ralf Baechle, 2010-10-21 08:57

Subject: Confusing error message
Message-ID: <20101021085742.GA28533@linux-mips.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20101021085742.GA28533%40linux-mips.org

```
$ git checkout master
$ git branch linux-2.6.36-stable
error: Not tracking: ambiguous information for ref refs/heads/master
$

Error suggests the command did fail but the branch was created as expected.
I suggest to turn this into a warning - if at all. I just don't care about
the tracking stuff.

  Ralf

```