Re: typo in http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-checkout.html
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Toralf Förster wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> shouldn't " at the tip of one of your branches" better written as " at the
> top of one of your branches".
>
> BTW one question: I run a simple test unit (only build tests) against the
> latest git tree, which is updated with "git pull" once a day.
>
> If I want to make some tests with a previous kernel version - say v2.6.20 and
> switch then back to HEAD to continue with my common test suite, would the
> following be ok : ?
>
> $> git checkout v2.6.20
This will change HEAD to be a detached checkout of v2.6.20
> $> <do something useful with it>
> $> git reset
This will not change HEAD back.
something like this perhaps?
$> MY_HEAD=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD) $> git checkout v2.6.20 $> <...> $> git reset --hard $MY_HEAD
no doubt there is a more cunning method ...
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Julian
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<SpanKY> hmm, blade iii comes out the 8th
<SpanKY> we could catch a flick and have anal sex in the back
<jforman> holy jesus, /me cancels his plans
