From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to checkout a tag?
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:32:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <eg50om$7rs$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4524E72D.9030101@shadowen.org
Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> 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
Which is a shortcut for
git branch branchname tag
git checkout branchname
You cannot checkout a tag [object], because branch has to be able to move
forward to the new commit when you commit changes,
--
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-06 7:32 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
2006-10-05 11:13 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-10-05 11:18 ` Andy Whitcroft
2006-10-06 7:32 ` Jakub Narebski [this message]
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2006-10-05 12:00 linux
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