From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:46:07 GMT
Subject: Re: What's in git.git
Message-ID: <7v64m7av6o.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <867j6nm47b.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>

merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:

>>>>>> "Junio" == Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
>
>>> But this wastes a commit.  Is there any way to get an index that simply
>>> includes the file from that other branch?
>
> Junio>         $ git checkout master
> Junio>         $ git checkout next git-cvsimport.perl
>
> Yow.  How simple is *that*?  Thanks.

There is one thing you would want to be careful about.
This updates the index.