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From: "Bryan O'Donoghue" <typedef@eircom.net>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: cogito/git usage question
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:23:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4313369B.5060508@eircom.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0508290804570.3243@g5.osdl.org>

Linus Torvalds wrote:

<snip>

> 	git checkout -b bryan-mm v2.6.13-rc6
> 
> (mental footnote: pronounce it as "git checkout new branch 'bryan-mm' at
> v2.6.13-rc3").
> 
> [ You can also do the exact same thing by
> 
> 	git branch bryan-mm v2.6.13-rc6
> 	git checkout bryan-mm

<snip>

> And then you can switch between the different branches with just a simple
> 
> 	git checkout <branch>

Having re-read your email, six times or so, I believe those two
incantations finally make sense.

If I'm understanding, I update to a given git repository, branch locally
based on tags and then I can checkout a branch locally, to make that the
active branch.

Thank you for the input !


Best,
Bryan

-- 
"Fiery the angels fell. Deep thunder rolled around their shores, burning
with the fires of Orc." -- Roy Batty, Blade Runner.

  reply	other threads:[~2005-08-29 16:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-08-29 10:45 cogito/git usage question Bryan O'Donoghue
2005-08-29 15:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-08-29 16:23   ` Bryan O'Donoghue [this message]
2005-08-29 18:31     ` Linus Torvalds

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