From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to checkout a tag?
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:06:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4524E72D.9030101@shadowen.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4524E2D5.3030907@garzik.org>
Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> Sometimes I receive a kernel patch based off an older version of the
> kernel, for example a 2.6.18 patch when the current kernel is 2.6.19-rc1.
>
> I would like to create a branch starting at 2.6.18, merge the patch, and
> then merge up to the current kernel.
>
> How does one check out a tag, or create a branch based on a tag's
> starting point?
A tag is a ref like any other:
git checkout -b branchname tag
-apw
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-05 11:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-05 10:47 How to checkout a tag? Jeff Garzik
2006-10-05 11:06 ` Andy Whitcroft [this message]
2006-10-05 11:13 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-10-05 11:18 ` Andy Whitcroft
2006-10-06 7:32 ` Jakub Narebski
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2006-10-05 12:00 linux
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