Error on checkout with branch name containing slash

[zdateh]

The full error is:

M	rtn/saCLN05.mac

fatal: cannot lock ref 'refs/heads/feature': 'refs/heads/feature/smxc_latest' exists; cannot create 'refs/heads/feature'

The modified *.mac I know about, but git would normally be fine with branchcheckout when a file is modified. It looks like the branchname is causing a fatal severe error. The branch being checked out via the studio Git UI is
feature/chgNNNNNN_some_description
The error mentions another branch
feature/smxc_latest
which also exists in the repo, but wasn't checked out immediately previously. My guess is the slash is confusing the scripts in some way, causing multiple branch names containing feature/* to clash in some way? Just my guess!

Doing the checkout of the same branch via Git bash works fine:

Switched to a new branch 'feature/chg0172358_contact_detail_BEDs'
M       rtn/saCLN05.mac
branch 'feature/chg0172358_contact_detail_BEDs' set up to track 'origin/feature/chg0172358_contact_detail_BEDs'.

Thanks,
Chris

[isc-tleavitt]

@zdateh could you grab the full git command being run from the IRIS audit database?

[zdateh]

It seems to run many O/S commands recorded separately in the audit when using the UI, but I think it's this one (censored out some PID):

Execute O/S command
Directory: g:\nbss\cache\dev_cb_app\
Command: "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe" -C C:\SOURCECONTROL\DEV_CJB\database\ -c "core.sshCommand=ssh -F /dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -i C:\\Users\\My.Name\\.ssh\\id_rsa" -c user.name=My.Name -c [email protected] -c color.ui=true checkout -b feature origin/feature/chg0172358_contact_details_from_bs_select
Flags: /SHELL /STDOUT="C:\Users\other.name\AppData\Local\Temp\Jg6n98us"
/STDERR="C:\Users\other.name\AppData\Local\Temp\T9nxSibG"

Perhaps the slashes need escaping in the branch name?