[Gta04-owner] Linux 3.5 on GTA04

[NeilBrown]

On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:28:43 +0200 "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller"
<hns at goldelico.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> great work!
> 
> Just for help for an infrequent user of git: what is the correct git command to update the local tree?
> 
> I have tried (gta04 is a git remote for git://github.com/neilbrown/linux.git):
> 
> git fetch gta04 && git reset --hard gta04/3.5.y
> 
> but get
> 
> fatal: ambiguous argument 'gta04/3.5.y': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.
> Use '--' to separate paths from revisions
> 
> Using -- before or after gta04/3.5.y gives different error messages.

The name 'gta04/3.5.y' is known only in the context of the 'gta04' remote.
So
   git branch -a
will list it like that.
You could
   git checkout gta04/gta04/3.5.y

or you could make it a 'local' branch that follows the remote branch with
   git --track gta04/gta04/3.5.y

which will give you a local branch called 'gta04/3.5.y'
if you want a different name, add "-b my-different-name".

NeilBrown

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