$ git checkout master $ git branch linux-2.6.36-stable error: Not tracking: ambiguous information for ref refs/heads/master $ Error suggests the command did fail but the branch was created as expected. I suggest to turn this into a warning - if at all. I just don't care about the tracking stuff. Ralf -- 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