# typo in http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-checkout.html

2 messages from 2007-08-06 to 2007-08-06. Participants: Toralf Förster, Julian Phillips.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/9409

## Toralf Förster, 2007-08-06 14:05

Subject: typo in http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-checkout.html
Message-ID: <46B72A8E.3040602@gmx.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/46B72A8E.3040602%40gmx.de

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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
$> <do something useful with it>
$> git reset

Thanks for an answer

--
Toralf

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## Julian Phillips, 2007-08-06 14:26

Subject: Re: typo in http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-checkout.html
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708061520490.29052@reaper.quantumfyre.co.uk>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.64.0708061520490.29052%40reaper.quantumfyre.co.uk
In-Reply-To: <46B72A8E.3040602@gmx.de>

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On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Toralf Förster wrote:

> 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 ...

-- 
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
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