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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Why is git clone not checking out files?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:18:42 +0100
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Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Anyway, it's certainly easy to fix. Bill, you can either:
>=20
> =A0- just rename the "topic" branch to "master"
>=20
> =A0- change the HEAD to point to "topic" rather than "master".

Or, in repository you clone from, do "git pull . topic" when
on master, and you will have 'master' branch for your own work,
which would be fast-forward of 'topic'.

--=20
Jakub Narebski
Poland