# How to checkout a tag? 5 messages from 2006-10-05 to 2006-10-06. Participants: Jeff Garzik, Andy Whitcroft, Jakub Narebski. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/5818 ## Jeff Garzik, 2006-10-05 10:47 Subject: How to checkout a tag? Message-ID: <4524E2D5.3030907@garzik.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4524E2D5.3030907%40garzik.org ``` Sometimes I receive a kernel patch based off an older version of the kernel, for example a 2.6.18 patch when the current kernel is 2.6.19-rc1. I would like to create a branch starting at 2.6.18, merge the patch, and then merge up to the current kernel. How does one check out a tag, or create a branch based on a tag's starting point? Jeff ``` ## Andy Whitcroft, 2006-10-05 11:06 Subject: Re: How to checkout a tag? Message-ID: <4524E72D.9030101@shadowen.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4524E72D.9030101%40shadowen.org In-Reply-To: <4524E2D5.3030907@garzik.org> ``` Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Sometimes I receive a kernel patch based off an older version of the > kernel, for example a 2.6.18 patch when the current kernel is 2.6.19-rc1. > > I would like to create a branch starting at 2.6.18, merge the patch, and > then merge up to the current kernel. > > How does one check out a tag, or create a branch based on a tag's > starting point? A tag is a ref like any other: git checkout -b branchname tag -apw ``` ## Jeff Garzik, 2006-10-05 11:13 Subject: Re: How to checkout a tag? Message-ID: <4524E8C2.3060404@garzik.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4524E8C2.3060404%40garzik.org In-Reply-To: <4524E72D.9030101@shadowen.org> ``` Andy Whitcroft wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Sometimes I receive a kernel patch based off an older version of the >> kernel, for example a 2.6.18 patch when the current kernel is 2.6.19-rc1. >> >> I would like to create a branch starting at 2.6.18, merge the patch, and >> then merge up to the current kernel. >> >> How does one check out a tag, or create a branch based on a tag's >> starting point? > > A tag is a ref like any other: > > git checkout -b branchname tag Weird. No idea why that didn't work before, for me. Thanks for the clue-hammer. Jeff ``` ## Andy Whitcroft, 2006-10-05 11:18 Subject: Re: How to checkout a tag? Message-ID: <4524EA18.3080704@shadowen.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4524EA18.3080704%40shadowen.org In-Reply-To: <4524E8C2.3060404@garzik.org> ``` Jeff Garzik wrote: > Andy Whitcroft wrote: >> Jeff Garzik wrote: >>> Sometimes I receive a kernel patch based off an older version of the >>> kernel, for example a 2.6.18 patch when the current kernel is >>> 2.6.19-rc1. >>> >>> I would like to create a branch starting at 2.6.18, merge the patch, and >>> then merge up to the current kernel. >>> >>> How does one check out a tag, or create a branch based on a tag's >>> starting point? >> >> A tag is a ref like any other: >> >> git checkout -b branchname tag > > Weird. No idea why that didn't work before, for me. > > Thanks for the clue-hammer. I think I've been in a place where I git fetched a tag and I ended up with the objects, but not with an actual local tag for it. Perhaps that happened to you. -apw ``` ## Jakub Narebski, 2006-10-06 07:32 Subject: Re: How to checkout a tag? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/eg50om%247rs%241%40sea.gmane.org In-Reply-To: <4524E72D.9030101@shadowen.org> ``` Andy Whitcroft wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: >> >> Sometimes I receive a kernel patch based off an older version of the >> kernel, for example a 2.6.18 patch when the current kernel is 2.6.19-rc1. >> >> I would like to create a branch starting at 2.6.18, merge the patch, and >> then merge up to the current kernel. >> >> How does one check out a tag, or create a branch based on a tag's >> starting point? > > A tag is a ref like any other: > > git checkout -b branchname tag Which is a shortcut for git branch branchname tag git checkout branchname You cannot checkout a tag [object], because branch has to be able to move forward to the new commit when you commit changes, -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland ShadeHawk on #git ```