Thank you for filling out a Git bug report! Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue. What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) I typed "git checkout -" What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) I expected the previous branch to be checked out What happened instead? (Actual behavior) error: pathspec '-' did not match any file(s) known to git What's different between what you expected and what actually happened? I expected the previously-working behavior of switching to previous branch to work, but it didn't. Anything else you want to add: Please review the rest of the bug report below. You can delete any lines you don't wish to share. [System Info] git version: git version 2.34.1.400.ga245620fadb-goog cpu: x86_64 no commit associated with this build sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh uname: Linux 5.10.46-5rodete1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.46-5rodete1 (2021-09-28) x86_64 compiler info: gnuc: 10.3 libc info: glibc: 2.32 $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/bash [Enabled Hooks] commit-msg post-checkout post-commit post-merge pre-commit pre-push prepare-commit-msg - Will Beason