Re: [PATCH/RFC] Convenient support of remote branches in git-checkout

From: Josef Weidendorfer <josef.weidendorfer@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 6, 2006, 23:30 UTC
Message-ID: <200611070030.53935.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>
In-Reply-To: <200611070026.16425.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>

Oops.

Corrections in example:

On Tuesday 07 November 2006 00:26, Josef Weidendorfer wrote:

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> Example to hack on git's next branch:
> 
>  git-clone --use-separate-remote http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
>  cd git
>  git-checkout origin/next
>  <hack on next>
>  git pull (to merge patches from remote 'next')
> 
> The checkout creates local branch 'master' to checkout read-only remote branch

                                     ^ next

> 'remotes/origin/master'. Additionally, it sets up 'remotes/origin/master' from

                  ^next                                             ^next

> remote repository 'origin' as default merge source for the new development branch.