git checkout hangs when its current working directory has no files in the target branch of the checkout command #1064
Description
Setup
- Which version of Git for Windows are you using? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?
$ git --version --build-options
git version 2.11.1.windows.1
built from commit: 1c1842bcba45569a84112ec64f72b08eb2d57c68
sizeof-long: 4
machine: x86_64
- Which version of Windows are you running? Vista, 7, 8, 10? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?
Windows 10, 64-bit
$ cmd.exe /c ver
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]
- What options did you set as part of the installation? Or did you choose the
defaults?
# One of the following:
> type "C:\Program Files\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
> type "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
> type "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
$ cat /etc/install-options.txt
C:\Repos\gvfsGitTest\Scripts>type "C:\Program Files\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
Path Option: Cmd
SSH Option: OpenSSH
CRLF Option: CRLFCommitAsIs
Bash Terminal Option: MinTTY
Performance Tweaks FSCache: Enabled
Use Credential Manager: Enabled
Enable Symlinks: Disabled
Enable Builtin Difftool: Disabled
- Any other interesting things about your environment that might be related
to the issue you're seeing?
No
Details
- Which terminal/shell are you running Git from? e.g Bash/CMD/PowerShell/other
CMD
- What commands did you run to trigger this issue? If you can provide a
Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example
this will help us understand the issue.
C:\Repos>git clone https://github.com/git-for-windows/git
C:\Repos>cd git\xdiff
C:\Repos\git\xdiff>del *
C:\Repos\git\xdiff\*, Are you sure (Y/N)? Y
[NOTE: xdiff is a folder with no subfolders inside of it, only files]
C:\Repos\git\xdiff>git checkout -b b1
C:\Repos\git\xdiff>git commit -a -m "del"
C:\Repos\git\xdiff>git checkout master
C:\Repos\git\xdiff>git checkout b1
- What did you expect to occur after running these commands?
The final "git checkout b1" command (see above) would complete
- What actually happened instead?
The "git checkout b1" command hung
- If the problem was occurring with a specific repository, can you provide the
URL to that repository to help us with testing?
Not repo specific