“Cannot update paths and switch to branch at the same time”

Question

I sometimes use the checkout -b option to create a new branch, check it out at the same time and set up tracking in one command.

In a new environment, I

Answer 1

This simple thing worked for me!

If it says it can't do 2 things at same time, separate them.

git branch branch_name origin/branch_name 

git checkout branch_name

Answer 2

First you need to Fetch the remote (the specific branch), then you can create a local br and track it with that remote branch using your command (i.e. checkout with -b and --track).

Answer 3

For me I needed to add the remote:

git remote -add myRemoteName('origin' in your case) remoteGitURL

then I could fetch

git fetch myRemoteName

Answer 4

If you got white space in your branch then you will get this error.

Answer 5

FWIW: If you have a typo in your branchname you'll get this same error.

Answer 6

It causes by that your local branch doesn't track remote branch. As ssasi said,you need use these commands:

git remote update
git fetch
git checkout -b branch_nameA origin/branch_nameB

I solved my problem just now....