# Checkout fails when one branch contains a directory with the name of a file in the other branch

4 messages from 2007-05-07 to 2007-05-07. Participants: Tom Koelman, Johannes Schindelin.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/8017

## Tom Koelman, 2007-05-07 11:07

Subject: Checkout fails when one branch contains a directory with the name of a file in the other branch
Message-ID: <ubqgw51tf.fsf@assurancetourix.xs4all.nl>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/ubqgw51tf.fsf%40assurancetourix.xs4all.nl

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Hi,

I am not sure whether this is intentional or not. I am wondering why
this scenario fails, and if it is by design, how I should handle this
situation:

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$ mkdir test

$ cd test

$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in .git/

$ echo aFile > aFile

$ git add aFile

$ git commit -m "initial"
Created initial commit a4aa48bb4ca57699341e380b17a1c3d92e44d08b
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 aFile

$ git checkout -b branch
Switched to a new branch "branch"

$ git rm aFile
rm 'aFile'

$ git commit -m "No aFile file anymore"

Created commit 6ac689ae4d7e8c0d82526d84563c12109b6cd900
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 jacob

$ mkdir aFile

$ touch aFile/anotherFile

$ git add aFile/anotherFile 

$ git commit -m "added aFile directory"
Created commit 634e5fff2fdb6365d4be5b2dca29e9c78164cb07
 0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 aFile/anotherFile

$ git checkout master
fatal: Untracked working tree file 'aFile' would be overwritten by merge.
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Regards,
Tom Koelman

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## Johannes Schindelin, 2007-05-07 11:31

Subject: Re: Checkout fails when one branch contains a directory with the name of a file in the other branch
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705071329170.4167@racer.site>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.64.0705071329170.4167%40racer.site
In-Reply-To: <ubqgw51tf.fsf@assurancetourix.xs4all.nl>

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Hi,

On Mon, 7 May 2007, Tom Koelman wrote:

> I am not sure whether this is intentional or not. I am wondering why
> this scenario fails, and if it is by design, how I should handle this
> situation:
>
> [...]
> 
> $ git checkout master
> fatal: Untracked working tree file 'aFile' would be overwritten by merge.

I tried to reproduce this behaviour, but it worked here. What Git version 
do you use? Mine says "git version 1.5.2.rc2.2435.ge5a9b".

Hth,
Dscho

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## Tom Koelman, 2007-05-07 11:32

Subject: Re: Checkout fails when one branch contains a directory with the name of a file in the other branch
Message-ID: <463F0E5E.6000204@xs4all.nl>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/463F0E5E.6000204%40xs4all.nl
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705071329170.4167@racer.site>

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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, 7 May 2007, Tom Koelman wrote:
> 
>> I am not sure whether this is intentional or not. I am wondering why
>> this scenario fails, and if it is by design, how I should handle this
>> situation:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> $ git checkout master
>> fatal: Untracked working tree file 'aFile' would be overwritten by merge.
> 
> I tried to reproduce this behaviour, but it worked here. What Git version 
> do you use? Mine says "git version 1.5.2.rc2.2435.ge5a9b".
> 
> Hth,
> Dscho

I tried 1.5.1.3 under cygwin and 1.5.0.6 under Linux FC5.

Regards,
Tom Koelman

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## Johannes Schindelin, 2007-05-07 13:00

Subject: Re: Checkout fails when one branch contains a directory with the name of a file in the other branch
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705071500210.4167@racer.site>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.64.0705071500210.4167%40racer.site
In-Reply-To: <463F0E5E.6000204@xs4all.nl>

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Hi,

On Mon, 7 May 2007, Tom Koelman wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 7 May 2007, Tom Koelman wrote:
> > 
> > > I am not sure whether this is intentional or not. I am wondering why
> > > this scenario fails, and if it is by design, how I should handle this
> > > situation:
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > > 
> > > $ git checkout master
> > > fatal: Untracked working tree file 'aFile' would be overwritten by merge.
> > 
> > I tried to reproduce this behaviour, but it worked here. What Git version
> > do you use? Mine says "git version 1.5.2.rc2.2435.ge5a9b".
> > 
> > Hth,
> > Dscho
> 
> I tried 1.5.1.3 under cygwin and 1.5.0.6 under Linux FC5.

I can confirm that it reproduces with 1.5.1.3. So, it has been fixed in 
1.5.2.rc2.

Ciao,
Dscho

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