From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:50:30 GMT
Subject: Re: How to create a new branch based on a tag?
Message-ID: <7vsluv5y0p.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <435901F7.9020509@ust.hk>

Ben Lau <benlau@ust.hk> writes:

> 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.