Re: cogito/git usage question

From: Bryan O'Donoghue <typedef@eircom.net>
Date: Aug 29, 2005, 16:23 UTC
Message-ID: <4313369B.5060508@eircom.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0508290804570.3243@g5.osdl.org>

Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> 	git checkout -b bryan-mm v2.6.13-rc6
> 
> (mental footnote: pronounce it as "git checkout new branch 'bryan-mm' at
> v2.6.13-rc3").
> 
> [ You can also do the exact same thing by
> 
> 	git branch bryan-mm v2.6.13-rc6
> 	git checkout bryan-mm

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> And then you can switch between the different branches with just a simple
> 
> 	git checkout <branch>

Having re-read your email, six times or so, I believe those two incantations finally make sense.

If I'm understanding, I update to a given git repository, branch locally based on tags and then I can checkout a branch locally, to make that the active branch.

Thank you for the input !

Best, Bryan

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