Jeenu V <jeenuv@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > If I've two branches a.b.c and a.b.c.d, why does 'git checkout' > complains about ambiguous ref names? Because it doesn't??? : demo; git init Initialized empty Git repository in /var/tmp/gomi/twelve/.git/ : demo/master; >f : demo/master; git add f : demo/master; git commit -a -m 'initial' [master (root-commit) cb1d5f2] initial 0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 f : demo/master; git branch a.b.c : demo/master; git branch a.b.c.d : demo/master; git checkout a.b.c Switched to branch 'a.b.c' It could be that you have a tag and a branch that are both named a.b.c, though. -- 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