Rustom Mody <rustompmody@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 08:45, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Gives me >>> fatal: ambiguous argument 'origin/master': unknown revision or path >>> not in the working tree. >>> Use '--' to separate paths from revisions >> >> Well, as what remote do you have upstream configured? >> >> What is the output of >> $ git config -l > > gives me > > core.safecrlf=true > user.email=<my email> > user.name=<my name> > core.repositoryformatversion=0 > core.filemode=true > gui.geometry=885x450+0+27 207 192 > > So theres no remote? > But .git/remotes/origin has > > URL: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git > Pull: refs/heads/master:refs/heads/origin > Pull: refs/heads/maint:refs/heads/maint > Pull: refs/heads/next:refs/heads/next > Pull: refs/heads/html:refs/heads/html > Pull: refs/heads/pu:refs/heads/pu > Pull: refs/heads/todo:refs/heads/todo > Pull: refs/heads/man:refs/heads/man That's a layout that was default before 1.5.0, I think. 3 years is an eon in git timescale. People giving advice based on modern git experience would say things like "origin/master", but in your layout that ref that keeps track of where the 'master' branch at the remote repository is is not called 'origin/master', but simply 'origin'. So instead of > Try either: > $ git checkout master > $ git reset --hard origin/master that Sverre gave you, in your repository you would do: $ git checkout master $ git reset --hard origin -- 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