On 01/09/2013 04:46 PM, Alexander Gallego wrote: > Hello, > > Here is a pastebin where I've reproduced the steps on a clean git repo. > > http://pastebin.com/0vQZEat0 > > > > Brief description of the problem: > > > > 1.Basically one creates a local branch call it 'imp_fix' (branch off > master --> this doesn't matter) > 2.One does work, commit, etc > 3.One rebases imp_fix with master via: (inside imp_fix) git rebase master > 4.One checks out master via: git checkout master > 5.One merges an incorrect name "imp_Fix" (notice the capital F) > 6.The expected output is that git would say, silly you --> that branch > does not exist. > 7. Instead it merges (what I think is incorrectly) imp_fix. > > > Kindly let me know if I can provide more details. > Are you using Mac OSX? Are you using the HFS+ filesystem shipped with it? Did you use the filesystem's default settings rather than reinstall your system with sensible settings? If you said "yes" to all of the above, this is a filesystem "feature", courtesy of (cr)Apple, and you're screwed. You can work around it by running "git pack-refs" every time you create a branch or a tag though. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@xxxxxx OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war on peace. -- 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