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Re: finding the right remote branch for a commit

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 12, 2007, 09:33 UTC
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martin f krafft wrote:
> Yes, it does. I am downloading the source now and intend to work
> with the HEAD (is that the right term for what I used to call trunk
> when I was doing SVN?) from now on (instead of the Debian package).

HEAD means _current_ branch. You can work off 'master' or 'next' branches, and if you feel really adventurous even off 'pu' branch.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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  1. martin f krafftJul 10, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinJul 11, 2007
  3. martin f krafftJul 12, 2007
  4. Jakub NarebskiJul 12, 2007
  5. Matthias LederhoferJul 15, 2007
  6. Johannes SchindelinJul 15, 2007
  7. Matthias LederhoferJul 16, 2007

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