From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C655D1F5AF for ; Wed, 1 Jul 2020 09:50:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729278AbgGAJur (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jul 2020 05:50:47 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:37384 "EHLO mail-out.m-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729109AbgGAJuq (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jul 2020 05:50:46 -0400 Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49xc104CXmz1qv95; Wed, 1 Jul 2020 11:50:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49xc103zx3z1qqkC; Wed, 1 Jul 2020 11:50:44 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id lrCOIuf516Zq; Wed, 1 Jul 2020 11:50:43 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: SrPJNO8U144i2gpWI1QRkakKNb51xu1+Ib5RujckY7MEAQ2r9IY/1bpCp21Ao6yw Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-162-239.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.162.239]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Wed, 1 Jul 2020 11:50:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 517232C111E; Wed, 1 Jul 2020 11:50:43 +0200 (CEST) From: Andreas Schwab To: Jeffrey Walton Cc: Git List Subject: Re: Why won't git checkout a branch? References: X-Yow: Send your questions to ``ASK ZIPPY'', Box 40474, San Francisco, CA 94140, USA Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2020 11:50:43 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Jeffrey Walton's message of "Wed, 1 Jul 2020 04:41:50 -0400") Message-ID: <87tuyrd0ng.fsf@igel.home> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org 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. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."