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,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, 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 A2A241F5AE for ; Wed, 1 Jul 2020 15:13:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731645AbgGAPNn (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jul 2020 11:13:43 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58022 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730883AbgGAPNn (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jul 2020 11:13:43 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-x42a.google.com (mail-wr1-x42a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::42a]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 05008C08C5C1 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 2020 08:13:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wr1-x42a.google.com with SMTP id a6so24349067wrm.4 for ; Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:13:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=TvIFJfErkFonFdTHsjktGtj9rjIT5e8UW8TIalg1els=; b=YXC8GpKUyvzI423oQqYkcvUqegFOgxBCZB4CZJV2mgMBn1THNtw44Jn9nr/zvQm4Ve YERS8WFCyN1qAuhmYtFp6Ookb3V3kH3g8FqAvZLXDPrPNMtxeltitZDUhDBlhawhe8zv aO67rGq3lBxRHrp43L5bjIETsCejv0PisxkzTFQmfqKHg8luQwwheshzhFcypv0Y2HHU 9YsUBaGML5rbGyiAEwCb9ON9iCUvE0QkFEvyvUG6awtQGDOjbg2NTk0gy9Dvh1hahH4I ix76C4Lg9AZuSFzGuWnSqpXXbpJGSyqNRd3VeTkHqDReMd6A9W155IP+nR9J458sP01J UE+g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=TvIFJfErkFonFdTHsjktGtj9rjIT5e8UW8TIalg1els=; b=Bm8Y85lnRIQILqdc4bOcayByU4J/Y3QHPU7+4B5/Pwul1rbKR6EWMFSOawRvVIBQUi kzwGRxRrrTxqCPhYGkZP3K1MImvElw/ijjyBdSjBbrfFiSVq1MahEIo3esytJjhwU7yV QxxrZ7GV24cT2zNnMcprs6p/hKlIwucGSjpeJ2yKfaKVTsCd3zt8R3i0vZvc9+5g1aft IzKo/ked8JC6Xgo9gHdI0IfIZS8DhEXpUmwgDYBnkgzYh5eapHldkcsSfcVYug+4n0Bj HAw47EiOA/UDBLGlMVqutWQOObMxInv6HivCS4kdYCbA7eCL4CTttQ8lwXq2CjhV0xJ9 W2fQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5312CDsrKXFdfYPPIpLnJJxIQ6bVfb1Q3EgRu39BgP2iB5vKMhgu fKkZlGr9sLj6yRj+A1Rc7Dcsy0XOglAeoBzuzpA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwoZzrmGLu9nfzDgX8EjZk8nw+wgswMurfverldmeyuHAErNurTgFYGr73HP52brH3dQYrOzO/SHoNhTn5g88I= X-Received: by 2002:adf:f74f:: with SMTP id z15mr25890681wrp.233.1593616421740; Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:13:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <87tuyrd0ng.fsf@igel.home> In-Reply-To: From: Chris Torek Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 08:13:30 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Why won't git checkout a branch? To: noloader@gmail.com Cc: Andreas Schwab , Git List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 3:10 AM Jeffrey Walton 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