On Jul 01 2020, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 5:50 AM Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On Jul 01 2020, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> >> > $ git checkout m4 >> >> Try a newer git version: >> >> $ git checkout m4 >> fatal: 'm4' could be both a local file and a tracking branch. >> Please use -- (and optionally --no-guess) to disambiguate > > Ack, thanks. > > This does not look normal, either. I don't want to create a new > branch. I want to work on the existing branch. To disambiguate, use `git checkout m4 --' if you want the branch, and `git checkout -- m4' if you want the local file. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."
