Am 27.05.20 um 08:40 schrieb Jeff King: > On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 09:22:51AM +0200, René Scharfe wrote: > >> Test git checkout -b with and without --track and demonstrate unexpected >> error messages when it's given an extra (i.e. unsupported) path >> argument. In both cases it reports: >> >> $ git checkout -b foo origin/master bar >> fatal: 'bar' is not a commit and a branch 'foo' cannot be created from it >> >> The problem is that the start point we gave for the new branch is >> "origin/master" and "bar" is just some extra argument -- it could even >> be a valid commit, which would make the message even more confusing. We >> have more fitting error messages in git commit, but get confused; use >> the text of the rights ones in the tests. > > Did you mean "more fitting error message in git checkout"? Dang, yes, a typo -- it's all about checkout. René
