Re: Odd problem in repository

From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Apr 24, 2007, 17:48 UTC
Message-ID: <20070424174828.GC5942@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <462E4200.7080206@gmail.com>

Clark Williams <clark.williams@gmail.com> wrote:

> But, I'm still confused. After you clone the central repository, with
> the new layout, why can't I 'mock checkout -f mock-0-6-branch'? Do I
> need to further qualify it, or create a local branch from it?

I don't know what the mock command does...  but if you meant:

	git checkout -f mock-0-6-branch

then you want to add the origin/ prefix to qualify it, as you want the branch from the origin remote. That should cause your head to get detached however:

	git checkout -f origin/mock-0-6-branch

at which point you aren't on any branch at all. So you might want to make your own mock-0-6-branch starting at your origin's current version:

	git checkout -f -b mock-0-6-branch origin/mock-0-6-branch

-- 
Shawn.