Re: How to checkout a tag?
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> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> 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
Weird. No idea why that didn't work before, for me.
Thanks for the clue-hammer.
Jeff