[RFC/PATCH 0/2] Re: Remote branchs -- how can I check them out?

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 30, 2011, 21:32 UTC
Message-ID: <20110130213258.GA10039@burratino>
In-Reply-To: <20110130160556.GI5713@localhost.localdomain>

Konstantin Khomoutov wrote:

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> These branches are local to your repository. They are "remote" in the
> sense you're not supposed to modify them directly.
> So to inspect such a branch just use its full name ("origin/next" for
> instance) when working with commands like git-log.
>
> See [1], [2] for more info.
>
> Also your question appears to be quite basic which hints at that you did
> not read a good book on Git before using it.  So starting at [3] is
> recommended -- it mentions a bunch of good books and manuals

Pointing to good references is a valuable thing --- thank you for that. But I also want to point out that if you need to read a book before Git becomes usable then we are doing something wrong. :)

In this example, perhaps the "git branch" manual page needs some improvement?

Jonathan Nieder (2):
  Documentation/branch: split description into subsections
  Documentation/branch: briefly explain what a branch is

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