From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:07:37 GMT
Subject: Re: What's in git.git
Message-ID: <7vacbjawyu.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <86hd5rma75.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>

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

> For example, I can do this:
>
> $ git-checkout next
> $ cp git-cvsimport.perl DUMMY
> $ git-checkout -b my-playground
> $ mv DUMMY git-cvsimport.perl
> $ git-commit -a -m 'trying that other version'
>
> But this wastes a commit.  Is there any way to get an index that simply
> includes the file from that other branch?

        $ git checkout master
        $ git checkout next git-cvsimport.perl