Re: git branch --switch?

From: Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date: Apr 17, 2007, 16:50 UTC
Message-ID: <86y7kr0wst.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>
In-Reply-To: <4624F18F.6070906@gmail.com>

>>>>> "Rene" == Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com> writes:

Rene> Well, yes, they do, and I could also do

Rene> git branch b v2.6.20 Rene> git branch c v2.6.20

Rene> directly then (right?) but I do want that "v20" branch in the middle.

What does "in the middle" mean here?

If I set:

   b = a;
   c = a;

That's the same as if I said:

   b = a;
   c = b;

Why do you think those would be different? There's nothing recorded when you say "git branch X Y" except to make a new X that's a copy of the SHA1 of the old Y.

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