From: Linus Torvalds Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 03:35:55 GMT Subject: Re: git-rev-tree Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20051108025755.GA22243@redhat.com> On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Dave Jones wrote: > > (18:47:37:davej@hera:agp2)$ export KERNEL=master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ > (18:47:43:davej@hera:agp2)$ git fetch $KERNEL/torvalds/linux-2.6 master:linus > davej@master.kernel.org's password: > Packing 35335 objects > Unpacking 35335 objects > 100% (35335/35335) done > * committish: d27ba47e7e8c466c18983a1779d611f82d6a354f > branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git//torvalds/linux-2.6 > * refs/heads/linus: storing branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git//torvalds/linux-2.6 > > which looks ok, but then when I do the git log linus..HEAD, I get no output at all. You've got the right "linus" commit. However, are you aware that I did pull from you? If you don't have anything new, "no output at all" is the right thing. > *click*, ahh wait, I didn't have a 'linus' branch before I did that fetch. > For the above to work, do I need there to be a 'linus' branch before > I start making changes ? Or am I barking up the wrong tree ? No, the above will have created the "linus" branch as needed. Linus