From: Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:48:13 GMT
Subject: Re: How to check out the repository at a particular point in time
Message-ID: <86vctm24le.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
In-Reply-To: <4E551BC3.8080701@op5.se>

>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:

Andreas> Whatever, really. The fact that pretty much everyone seems to know
Andreas> what a branch is and how it works in git after a (very) brief intro
Andreas> to it means it's either right on target or that people are so used to
Andreas> the fact that branch means something different in every scm that they
Andreas> don't even bother loading the word with some preconceived notion that
Andreas> used to be right in cvs.

It does lead to confusion though, and once you *really* understand that
a branch is a point, not a line, you can do a lot more cool things with
git, and rebase and stash make a lot more sense.

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