Hi, I _think_ that this used to complain about untracked files being overwritten: $ git init $ git remote add -f origin <url> $ git checkout -b blub origin/master It does not do that here (any longer, IIAC). Intended? Ciao, Dscho -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html