Bruce Stephens venit, vidit, dixit 12.11.2008 15:36: > The following works fine with 1.6.0.2 and before, but not 1.6.0.3 or > later: > > git clone -n git git-test > cd git-test > git checkout -b work v1.6.0.2 > > When it breaks, the error is: > > error: Entry '.gitignore' would be overwritten by merge. Cannot merge. > > I'm guessing it's a bug rather than a deliberate change? Bisecting gives: 5521883490e85f4d973141972cf16f89a79f1979 is first bad commit commit 5521883490e85f4d973141972cf16f89a79f1979 Author: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun Sep 7 19:49:25 2008 -0700 checkout: do not lose staged removal CCing Junio... Michael -- 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