Hi , I wanted to report a git bug that I encountered today . I created a feature branch from a release branch before my peer committed to it . My peer committed to this branch through the lower branches of auto merge option to this high branch . However when I do a git pull I was facing the issue in of the files. I tried multiple ways to debug this but ultimately found that the issue is with got itself . I took the a fresh branch from this branch (post merge of my friend ) then the error does not occur. I appreciate if you look into this . And if this indeed is an issue could you fix it and you acknowledge my original receipt as the findings to this . Thanks Amith Ashok Chugani