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From: Ben Lau <benlau@ust.hk>
Subject: Re: How to create a new branch based on a tag?
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:15:29 +0800
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Martin Langhoff wrote:

>On 10/22/05, Ben Lau <benlau@ust.hk> wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>   I would like to create a branch of my own work based on a specific
>>kernel version(i.e
>>v2.6.11). I tried with:
>>
>> > git-branch my2.6.11 v2.6.11
>>error: Object 5dc01c595e6c6ec9ccda4f6f69c131c0dd945f8c is a tree, not a
>>commit
>>fatal: Needed a single revision
>>    
>>
>
>What you're after is
>
>   git-rev-parse --verify <tagname>^0  > .refs/heads/mynewbranch
>
>"branches" are very lightweight -- it's a ref containing the SHA1 of
>the commit you want it to be at. So if you find the SHA1 of the commit
>in gitk or wherever, just
>
>  echo SHA1 > .refs/heads/mynewbranch
>
>and you're sorted. Do git-checkout to switch to it.
>
>cheers,
>
>
>martin
>  
>
The command complains:

   >git-rev-parse --verify v2.6.11^
   error: Object 5dc01c595e6c6ec9ccda4f6f69c131c0dd945f8c is a tree, not 
a commit
   fatal: Needed a single revision

I think it need another way to convert a tag/tree object into a commit ?