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Re: How to create a new branch based on a tag?

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Oct 21, 2005, 03:50 UTC
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Ben Lau <benlau@ust.hk> writes:
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> As v2.6.11 is a tree object(tag), git-checkout and git-branch could 
> not process it. The
> only way I know is using git-read-tree to fetch v2.6.11 content into 
> current index and start
> a branch based on it. Is there any simpler method?

The way you know is as good as it gets. v2.6.11-tree case is really an unfortunate special case.

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