From: mastermindxs <mastermindxs@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: What is the mechanism of a git checkout?
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 08:21:59 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <23764024.post@talk.nabble.com> (raw)
does a git checkout pull the contents of a branch? how does it physically
separate files in your working directory from other branches?
The speed of which it works leads me to the logical conclusion that the
files in the working directory are all there for all branches and git simply
only shows you the files of the active branch.
Can anyone shed more light on the underlying mechanisms of git checkout
maybe even branch and merge as well?
thanks
-diego
www.greyrobot.com
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2009-05-28 15:21 mastermindxs [this message]
2009-05-28 16:26 ` What is the mechanism of a git checkout? Peter Harris
2009-05-29 1:15 ` Sitaram Chamarty
2009-05-29 9:05 ` Jakub Narebski
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