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RE: for newbs = little exercise / tutorial / warmup for windows and other non-sophisticated new Git users :-) [Scanned]

Subject: RE: for newbs = little exercise / tutorial / warmup for windows and other non-sophisticated new Git users :-) [Scanned]

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Conor Rafferty· Dec 31, 2008, 10:56 UTC · lore
Haha, no probs
Neither does the job

I either need to figure out how the indexes get involved in the dot version, Or give in and create a branch - that's how you guys work mainly, so that use case will no doubt work Or find something else to do the job - mercurial looks promising

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Whiteside [mailto:jeff.m.whiteside@gmail.com] 
Sent: 31 December 2008 02:36
To: Conor Rafferty
Cc: Daniel Barkalow; Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.; git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: for newbs = little exercise / tutorial / warmup for windows
and other non-sophisticated new Git users :-) [Scanned]
sir, i believe you're not reading what is typed.
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> wtf is wrong with
>
> git checkout <something>
>
> ??
>
> ** It doesn't reliably put the files that were in that revision into 
> the working directory - a fairly major flaw, for what I'm using SCM 
> for (and 80% of the market IMHO)

yes it does. your example uses "git checkout versionB .", which is NOT "git checkout <something>" we are suggesting you do "git checkout versionB" which is different (HINT: there is NO dot), and which i'm 99% positive will work.

if you still disagree, then i'm sure mercurial will be sufficient for your needs, and all your dcvs book-lernin' over christmas will be transferrable.

good luck with whatever option you choose.

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