From: Chris Torek <chris.torek@gmail.com>
To: noloader@gmail.com
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>, Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Why won't git checkout a branch?
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 08:13:30 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPx1Gvc+pWe6UwRREHMkUCViYjzQgfg1jfbWy2pyFQCjhwV+Bg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH8yC8kxY5mV0p-98W0uDN7PLxmNR4LkNcz9vbKsq21aTd-qQg@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 3:10 AM Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> wrote:
> This does not look normal, either. I don't want to create a new
> branch. I want to work on the existing branch.
Technically, you *have to* create a new branch here: you do
not have an `m4` branch (yet). Your local repository's branches
are independent of the branches in the repository you cloned.
(You could work in detached HEAD state to avoid the technical
requirement here but that's not practical for normal humans. :-) )
The suffix-`--` trick works in old versions of Git, creating the `m4`
branch from the `origin/m4` name. If you upgrade to Git 2.23 or
later and use `git switch`, I think you will find that it's generally
more user friendly.
Chris
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-01 15:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-01 8:41 Why won't git checkout a branch? Jeffrey Walton
2020-07-01 9:50 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-07-01 10:09 ` Jeffrey Walton
2020-07-01 10:20 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-07-01 10:45 ` Jeffrey Walton
2020-07-01 15:13 ` Chris Torek [this message]
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