Git fatal ambiguous argument 'HEAD' both revision and file name use -- to separate paths from revision like git [....]--[...] [closed]

Question

• My git version is 1.8.0 mysysgit0.

• Remote repo on -linux server.

• Local repo - Windows 7.

When I try to commit my local changes it says fatal error below:

fatal ambiguous argument 'HEAD' both revision and file name use -- to separate paths from revision like  git [....]--[...]

Could any one suggest what is the problem? What is the fix?

Answer 1

You must have file in your repository called HEAD, and this is confusing git because HEAD is also customary name for currently active branch.

You can use double-dash to remove ambiguity, like this:

git log -- HEAD

This will show history about file named HEAD.

It is probably wise to avoid having files with these special names to avoid these issues.