On 2008.11.28 14:32:56 -0800, Jakub Narebski wrote: > What you can do is to create _local_ branch, closely tied to > remote-tracking branch 'origin/B1', by using: > > $ git branch -b B1 --track origin/B1 You mixed up checkout and branch there ;-) It's either git branch B1 origin/B1 # Just create a branch B1 or git checkout -b B1 origin/B1 # Create and checkout B1 I omitted the "--track" as, by default, it is implied when you create a new branch from a remote tracking branch. Björn -- 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