git checkout尝试签出提交而不是分支

Question

In my repository, I have a branch named 1348 and a commit with a hash code that begins with 1348 .

When I execute git checkout 1348 , git switches me to the commit. How can I specify to switch to branch rather than commit?

git version shows the following:

git version 2.7.5

Answer 1

According to the documentation, git looks for a branch first and only interprets the argument as a SHA prefix if no branch is found. So two possibilities:

1) This behavior may have changed between the version you're using and now; in that case, you could upgrade git versions.

2) Is it possible you're mistaken about the branch existing with exactly this name?

There is no argument to specifically tell git that you mean the branch.