Can't checkout git branch started with hyphen (

I have cloned a git repository.
This repository has a remote branch something like -feature-abc .
When I type git checkout -feature-abc , I get:

error: unknown switch `e'

Any idea how to checkout this branch?

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Try using this syntax:

git checkout -- -feature-abc

The double hyphen syntax should help git separate the command options from the actual branch name parameter, as I explained before in "Deleting a badly named git branch".

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If that doesn't work, you can follow the recipe suggested in "How do I rename a local Git branch?"

Go into your working copy's .git/refs/heads, find the filename "-dumb-name", get the hash of the branch. Then this will check it out, make a new branch with a sane name, and delete the old one.

Go into your working copy's .git/refs/heads ,

find the file named " -feature-abc ",

get the hash of the branch ( cat the file).

Then check it out, make a new branch with a sane name, and delete the old one.

git checkout {hash}
git checkout -b brilliant-name
git branch -d -- -dumb-name

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Finally I am able to get things working based on VonC's Answer.

Solution 1:

git checkout -b feature-abc origin/-feature-abc

Solution 2:

Go into your working copy's .git/refs/remotes/origin ,

find the file named " -feature-abc ",

get the hash of the branch ( cat the file),

Then check it out, make a new branch with a sane name,

Make new branch track remote branch.

git checkout {hash}
git checkout -b feature-abc
git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/-feature-abc feature-abc

Make an existing Git branch track a remote branch?

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