Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > $ git reset --hard > patching file afile.c Is that a message from something? It does not sound like something "git reset --hard" would say. > $ git co <abranch> > fatal: Not tracking: ambiguous information for ref refs/remotes/<aremote>/<abranch> > > What can be ambiguous here? I think the message "Not tracking" is given when there is a remote other than <aremote> that also has <abranch>. Between the time you got the message and the time you tried to checkout <abranch>, did anything happen to cause the second attempt succeed? > Strangely, trying a second time, succeed: > $ git co <abranch> > Previous HEAD position was ... > Switched to branch '<abranch>' > > -- Luc Van Oostenryck