wireshark$ git remote -v
downstream      g...@gitlab.com:chuckcraft/wireshark.git (fetch)
downstream      g...@gitlab.com:chuckcraft/wireshark.git (push)
upstream        g...@gitlab.com:wireshark/wireshark.git (fetch)
upstream        g...@gitlab.com:wireshark/wireshark.git (push)

wireshark$ git branch -r -l | grep -i upstream
  upstream/master

wireshark$ git checkout -b github_4_0_qt6 upstream/release-4.0
fatal: 'upstream/release-4.0' is not a commit and a branch 'github_4_0_qt6'
cannot be created from it

(link to the wiki page the original email referenced:
https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/SubmittingPatches#backporting-a-change-to-a-release-branch
)

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 2:43 PM Jaap Keuter <jaap.keu...@xs4all.nl> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Yes, the text is still relevant, in case you’re looking to back port a
> change from master to release-X.Y.
>
> What you’re seem to be looking at is making a change in release-4.0 only.
> So, checkout release-4.0 first. Then create a branch from that and put
> your change on there and push that.
>
> Regards,
> Jaap
>
>
> On 26 Sep 2022, at 00:52, chuck c <bubbas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is this section of the Wiki still accurate?
>
> (substituting  "release-4.0" for "master-X.Y"
>
> "Create and checkout a new branch with a name related to the type of
> change (e.g. the bug number you're fixing or the dissector you're working
> on):
>   git checkout -b my-branch-name upstream/master-X.Y
> where "master-X.Y" is the release branch to which to backport the change.
>
> This creates a branch named "my-branch-name" based on the master-X.Y
> branch in the official repository."
>
> Or how best to make a change to:
>
> https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/blob/release-4.0/.github/workflows/windows.yml
> that doesn't apply to master.
>
> thanks
> chuckc
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