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From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
To: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com
Cc: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
	Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Subject: [PATCH 09/10] user-manual: remote-tracking can be checked out, with detached HEAD
Date: Tue,  2 Nov 2010 16:31:27 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1288711888-21528-10-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1288711888-21528-1-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
---
 Documentation/user-manual.txt |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 6d6bd8d..3108b38 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -367,13 +367,16 @@ above were created based on the remote branches at clone time and will
 be updated by "git fetch" (hence "git pull) and "git push". See
 <<Updating -a-repository-With-git-fetch>> for details.
 
-You cannot check out these remote-tracking branches, but you can
-examine them on a branch of your own, just as you would a tag:
+You might want to build on one of these remote-tracking branches
+on a branch of your own, just as you would for a tag:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
 $ git checkout -b my-todo-copy origin/todo
 ------------------------------------------------
 
+You can also check out "origin/todo" directly to examine it or
+write a one-off patch.  See <<detached-head,detached head>>.
+
 Note that the name "origin" is just the name that git uses by default
 to refer to the repository that you cloned from.
 
-- 
1.7.3.2.183.g2e7b0

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-11-02 16:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-02 15:31 [PATCH 00/10 v4] More consistant terminology Matthieu Moy
2010-11-02 15:31 ` [PATCH 01/10] Better "Changed but not updated" message in git-status Matthieu Moy
2010-11-02 15:31 ` [PATCH 02/10] Replace "remote tracking" with "remote-tracking" Matthieu Moy
2010-11-02 15:31 ` [PATCH 03/10] Change remote tracking to remote-tracking in non-trivial places Matthieu Moy
2010-11-02 15:31 ` [PATCH 04/10] everyday.txt: change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch" Matthieu Moy
2010-11-02 15:31 ` [PATCH 05/10] Change " Matthieu Moy
2010-11-02 15:43   ` Santi Béjar
2010-11-02 20:32     ` [PATCH] Forgotten 'tracking' -> 'remote-tracking' Matthieu Moy
2010-11-02 15:31 ` [PATCH 06/10] Change incorrect uses of "remote branch" meaning "remote-tracking" Matthieu Moy
2010-11-02 15:31 ` [PATCH 07/10] Change incorrect "remote branch" to "remote tracking branch" in C code Matthieu Moy
2010-11-09 16:15   ` What's the -s switch in git show? Will Hall
2010-11-09 17:12     ` [PATCH] Documentation: document show -s Jonathan Nieder
2010-11-02 15:31 ` [PATCH 08/10] user-manual.txt: explain better the remote(-tracking) branch terms Matthieu Moy
2010-11-02 22:58   ` Peter Krefting
2010-11-02 21:06     ` [PATCH] " Matthieu Moy
2010-11-02 15:31 ` Matthieu Moy [this message]
2010-11-02 15:31 ` [PATCH 10/10] git-branch.txt: mention --set-upstream as a way to change upstream configuration Matthieu Moy
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-10-23 16:31 [PATCH 00/11] More consistant terminology ("remote-tracking branch", "not updated") Matthieu Moy
2010-10-28 18:21 ` [PATCH 09/10] user-manual: remote-tracking can be checked out, with detached HEAD Matthieu Moy

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