Help:

We made a branch in git called “–track” by accident, and now we can’t get rid of it. git thinks it’s a command-line argument, even when it’s in quotes.

Here’s the command what did it:

$ git checkout -b --track origin/actual_branch_name
Branch --track set up to track remote branch refs/remotes/origin/actual_branch_name.
Switched to a new branch "--track"

Consensus: kill it through RubyMine or gitX. There is also a way through the command line:

$ git branch -d -- --track

…but make sure you get the dashes in all the right places.

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