Hi, Peter and I just stumbled on the following interpretations of the checkout command. git checkout origin/frotz -> detaches HEAD git checkout -t origin/frotz -> git checkout -b frotz origin/frotz git checkout frotz -> git checkout -b frotz origin/frotz git checkout -t frotz -> fatal: Missing branch name I was surprised by the third one, which I was expecting to fail. Apparently it's a DWIM feature introduced in commit 70c9ac2f. I doubt that is what the user was trying to do if they ran that command. If anything, this behavior will serve to confuse them. I think git checkout -t <remote>/<branch> is short enough for creating a new tracking branch. For something even shorter, we can create an alias. But I'd prefer to keep the already complex checkout command a little simpler. Regards, Clemens -- 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