On Mär 29 2017, Eyal Lotem <eyal.lotem@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > git version: 2.7.4 > installed from Ubuntu repos: > Ubuntu Version: 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1 > > When renaming a branch checked out in a different work tree, that work > tree's state is corrupted. Git status in that work tree then reports > itself being on the "initial commit" with all files being in the > staging area. Fixed since 2.8.3. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."