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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: Git User's Survey 2007 unfinished summary continued
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:18:16 +0100 (BST)
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Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>,
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To: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
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Hi,

On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Andreas Ericsson wrote:

> J. Bruce Fields wrote:
>
> > Though actually the quickest way to checkout an arbitrary revision is 
> > with detached heads, and that doesn't require learning git-branch 
> > right away.
> 
> But the *easiest* way, where "easiest" means "involves the fewest 
> commands with smallest risk of fscking up your own repo", is to do
> 
> 
> git clone <other-devs-repo> other-devs-repo
> cd other-devs-repo
> git checkout -b thebug <the-bug-hash>

I'd just do

	git checkout <the-bug>^{commit}

and be done...

Ciao,
Dscho