On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Jona Christopher Sahnwaldt <jc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > maybe this has already been reported, but I didn't find it in the mail archive. > > If I understand correctly, after I clone a repo, I should be able to > switch to branch foo just by running > > git checkout foo > > This doesn't seem to work if a folder called "foo" exists in the root > of the repo. git checkout foo -- The double-dash at the end disambiguates between refs and paths. You can use that trick on any command that accepts refspec (branches, tags, etc) and pathspec (path patterns). -- David -- 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