Re: cogito/git usage question

2005-08-29 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote: > > If I'm understanding, I update to a given git repository, branch locally > based on tags and then I can checkout a branch locally, to make that the > active branch. Exactly. This is the difference between a tag and a branch: a tag is an "immobile

Re: cogito/git usage question

2005-08-29 Thread Bryan O'Donoghue
Linus Torvalds wrote: > git checkout -b bryan-mm v2.6.13-rc6 > > (mental footnote: pronounce it as "git checkout new branch 'bryan-mm' at > v2.6.13-rc3"). > > [ You can also do the exact same thing by > > git branch bryan-mm v2.6.13-rc6 > git checkout bryan-mm > And then

Re: cogito/git usage question

2005-08-29 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote: > > cg-tag-ls lists every version from 2.6.11 to the current 2.6.13 > inclusive. cg-tag-ls also lists kernel version 2.6.13-rc6. What I'm > wondering is how exactly I set copy of the tree to that version, so that > I can apply the -mm patchset ? You

cogito/git usage question

2005-08-29 Thread Bryan O'Donoghue
Greetings all. I have a copy of http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git which is currently at revision 2.6.13 as at this morning. cg-tag-ls lists every version from 2.6.11 to the current 2.6.13 inclusive. cg-tag-ls also lists kernel version 2.6.13-rc6. What I'm wonde