Thomas Glanzmann <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hello, > > (s017241) [/usr/src/linux-2.6] git checkout v2.6.20 > warning: You appear to be on a branch yet to be born. > warning: Forcing checkout of v2.6.20. > fatal: ambiguous argument 'HEAD': unknown revision or path not in the working tree. > Use '--' to separate paths from revisions > Cannot detach HEAD > > (s017241) [/usr/src/linux-2.6] git version > git version 1.5.2.1 > > what is going wrong here? Perhaps repository was set up in an unusual way by hand (i.e. not by a clone), such that: 1. you have HEAD pointing at a branch (e.g. 'refs/heads/master'), 2. which does _not_ exist yet (i.e. no 'refs/heads/master'), 3. yet you have a tag that you can try to detach your HEAD to (e.g. v2.6.20). ... well that was my initial guess, but even after setting up such a funny repository by hand, I cannot seem to reproduce it. - 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
