Hi René, René Doß wrote: > I have a clean derectory ang the git database. Now I want check out the > master. > [...] > > red@linux-nrd1:~/iso/a> ls -a > . .. .git > red@linux-nrd1:~/iso/a> git checkout master > D SP601_RevC_annotated_master_ucf_8-28-09.ucf > [...] In such situations, "git status" usually has something helpful to say. You're already on the "master" branch, and you can reset your worktree with `git reset --hard` (caution: please read the manpage). -- Ram -- 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