merging my branch back to master: git issues

[seekpeace]

15:24:14-seekpeace~/projects/portfolio_guard (master)$ git checkout -b actionmailer Switched to a new branch 'actionmailer' i did the above an eon ago and now when i do 22:33:33-seekpeace~/projects/portfolio_guard (actionmailer)$ git checkout master error: pathspec 'master' did not match any file(s) known to git.

git headache to the bitter end and thank you for any assist.

[RobertAKARobin]

What's the output of git branch -av?

[seekpeace]

22:48:40-seekpeace~/projects/portfolio_guard (actionmailer)$ git status On branch actionmailer nothing to commit, working directory clean 22:48:42-seekpeace~/projects/portfolio_guard (actionmailer)$ git checkout master error: pathspec 'master' did not match any file(s) known to git. 22:48:45-seekpeace~/projects/portfolio_guard (actionmailer)$ git branch -av

• actionmailer 00e7cb2 trying again 22:49:14-seekpeace~/projects/portfolio_guard (actionmailer)$

[RobertAKARobin]

It's because you only have one branch, actionmailer

[RobertAKARobin]

You don't have a master branch.

[RobertAKARobin]

You can rename your current branch by using git branch -m "new name here"

[seekpeace]

but i did this earlier: 15:24:14-seekpeace~/projects/portfolio_guard (master)$ git checkout -b actionmailer Switched to a new branch 'actionmailer' but ok.

[seekpeace]

ok i just renamed it to master, thanks Robin!