{"thread":{"id":"30419","subject":"branching based on tag.","startedAt":"2012-05-04T09:18:58Z","lastAt":"2012-05-04T09:53:56Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["karunakar merugu","Hallvard Breien Furuseth"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"190738","messageId":"CABECqUE-WqnR_wQzMsuEFmUu86_9i+GnJdEKYXwB+WancTFnOA@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"30419","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"branching based on tag.","fromName":"karunakar merugu","fromEmail":"karuna.linux@gmail.com","sentAt":"2012-05-04T09:18:58Z","receivedAt":"2012-05-04T09:18:58Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"karuna.linux@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"hi\nI am new to the git.\nI just cloned the repository by following command\ngit clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git\nAfter this I checked tags by\ngit tag -l\nit gives me the lot of tags.I just want to work on some specific\ntag.Is it possible for me to create separate branch on that specific\ntag.\nthanks,\nkarunakar.\n"},{"id":"190741","messageId":"d0a5c7b492d53912d12f25ba6f8fe828@ulrik.uio.no","threadId":"30419","inReplyTo":"CABECqUE-WqnR_wQzMsuEFmUu86_9i+GnJdEKYXwB+WancTFnOA@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: branching based on tag.","fromName":"Hallvard Breien Furuseth","fromEmail":"h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no","sentAt":"2012-05-04T09:53:56Z","receivedAt":"2012-05-04T09:53:56Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no","avatar":null},"body":" On Fri, 4 May 2012 14:48:58 +0530, karunakar merugu wrote:\n> git tag -l\n> it gives me the lot of tags.I just want to work on some specific\n> tag.Is it possible for me to create separate branch on that specific\n> tag.\n\n Start a new branch from the tag, and check that\n branch out so you can work in it:\n\n     git checkout -b your-new-branch tagname\n\n This is shorthand for the two commands\n     git branch   your-new-branch tagname\n     git checkout your-new-branch\n\n You should probably not move the tag, though you\n can with the 'git tag' command.\n\n-- \n Hallvard\n"}]}