Subject: Re: Why won't git checkout a branch?

From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:20:09 +0200

On Jul 01 2020, Jeffrey Walton wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 5:50 AM Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>
> Ack, thanks.
>
> This does not look normal, either. I don't want to create a new
> branch. I want to work on the existing branch.

To disambiguate, use `git checkout m4 --' if you want the branch, and
`git checkout -- m4' if you want the local file.

Andreas.

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