Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > That leaves only one option: you also have a file or directory named > 'frus' in the root of your repository. In this case 'git checkout frus' > does the same as 'git checkout -- frus' instead of DWIM'ing 'git > checkout frus' to 'git checkout -b frus origin/frus' ;-) That would be my guess. -- 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