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

1 messages from 2008-12-31 to 2008-12-31. Participants: Conor Rafferty.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/16946

## Conor Rafferty, 2008-12-31 10:56

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

> 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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