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Error: pathspec 'temp / versionX' does not match any file known by git

In git, I try to check the versions of a specific repository in the version folder inside the temporary folder, but when I do

git checkout master~XC:/file/path/temp/versionX

I get an error

 error: pathspec 'temp/versionX' did not match any file(s) known to git.

What causes the problem and how to fix it?

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git checkout only works inside the "working tree". To do what you want, change the Git view of what the working tree is. There are several ways to do this:

  • option 1: start from the git repository

     cd /path/to/repository # git automatically locates the .git directory as usual git --work-tree=C:/file/path/temp/versionX checkout master~X

  • option 2: launch from the target directory

     cd C:/file/path/temp/versionX # if --git-dir is specified, Git assumes the working tree is . git --git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git checkout master~X

  • option 3: start from another directory

     cd /some/arbitrary/path # need to specify both the path to .git and the destination directory git --git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git \ --work-tree=C:/file/path/temp/versionX \ checkout master~X
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You cannot place an order. You want git-archive (1). For instance:

 ancestor=10 git archive --prefix="version${ancestor}" master~$ancestor | tar xvf - -C "C:/file/path/temp"

This will export the named latch to tarball on standard output, which tar will then unzip to the appropriate location. It seems a little bulky at first, but it will grow on you.

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You can try the following:

 mkdir /file/path/temp/versionX cd /file/path/temp/versionX git --git-dir=/path/to/repo/.git --work-path=. checkout master~X
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