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Re: How to checkout a tag?

From
Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Date
Oct 5, 2006, 11:06 UTC
Message-ID
<4524E72D.9030101@shadowen.org>
In-Reply-To
<4524E2D5.3030907@garzik.org>
Jeff Garzik wrote:
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> 
> Sometimes I receive a kernel patch based off an older version of the
> kernel, for example a 2.6.18 patch when the current kernel is 2.6.19-rc1.
> 
> I would like to create a branch starting at 2.6.18, merge the patch, and
> then merge up to the current kernel.
> 
> How does one check out a tag, or create a branch based on a tag's
> starting point?
A tag is a ref like any other:
	git checkout -b branchname tag
-apw
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