Re: git branch --switch?

From: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 17, 2007, 17:00 UTC
Message-ID: <8c5c35580704171000g74d8944w7c7b3d07228cac2@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4624F18F.6070906@gmail.com>

On 4/17/07, Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 04/17/2007 05:55 PM, Lars Hjemli wrote:
> > I might have misunderstood your goal, but have you tried
> >
> > git clone -l -s -n <a local linux repo> local
> > git branch a v2.6.20
> > git branch b a
> > git branch c a
> >
> > Now a, b and c all point at v2.6.20, while HEAD points as master.
>
> Well, yes, they do, and I could also do
>
> git branch b v2.6.20
> git branch c v2.6.20
>
> directly then (right?)

Yes

> but I do want that "v20" branch in the middle. The
> cloned repo is a linus repo, and that v20 is where I'll be pulling 2.6.20.y
> updates into; a merge branch will then merge v20, a, b and c into what I
> will be compiling.

Ok. Then maybe you want to try something like this:

$ git clone -l -s -n ../linux-2.6 rene $ cd rene $ git remote add v20 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.20.y $ git fetch v20

This gives you a tracking branch for 2.6.20.y, named as "v20/master". That branch can then be used as a starting point for your a, b and c branches, like:

$ git checkout -b a v20/master    # this _will_ take some time...

After applying some changes on branch a, you can then merge the latest changes on the v20-branch like this

$ git fetch v20 $ git merge v20/master

If you want the merge to occur on a separate branch, do this first:

$ git checkout -b tmp a

-- larsh