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Re: checkout to a reflog entry

From
BLbill lam <cbill.lam@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 25, 2009, 05:37 UTC
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<20090825053747.GC391@debian.b2j>
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<20090825052200.GA15880@coredump.intra.peff.net>
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Jeff King wrote:
> A reflog entry is not a branch; it is just a pointer to the commit where
> a branch was at some point. Using "git checkout" on it will let you
> explore the contents, just as you might with a tag. If you want to build

Thank you for explanation on the difference between checkout and reset.

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