From: Tomas Carnecky <tomas.carnecky@gmail•com>
To: Andrew Ardill <andrew.ardill@gmail•com>, Woody Wu <narkewoody@gmail•com>
Cc: "git@vger•kernel.org" <git@vger•kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to specify remote branch correctly
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 05:30:45 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1355722245-ner-6603@calvin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH5451kmTW+nO4V4pjSdaqhHAb=RX-tawLo=rJfuPnDRDWeSEA@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:13:08 +1100, Andrew Ardill <andrew.ardill@gmail•com> wrote:
> On 17 December 2012 16:06, Woody Wu <narkewoody@gmail•com> wrote:
> > 1. git checkout foo.
> > By this command, I think I am checking out files in my local branch
> > named foo, and after that I also switch to the branch. Right?
>
> Correct. Your working directory (files) switch over to whatever your
> local branch 'foo' points to, and your HEAD is updated to point to
> your local branch 'foo'. Unless something goes wrong/you have
> conflicting files/uncommitted changes etc.
'git checkout foo' has special meaning if a local branch with that name
doesn't exist but there is a remote branch with that name. In that case it's
equivalent to: git checkout -t -b foo origin/foo. Because that's what people
usually want.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-17 5:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-17 2:30 How to specify remote branch correctly Woody Wu
2012-12-17 4:27 ` Andrew Ardill
2012-12-17 5:06 ` Woody Wu
2012-12-17 5:13 ` Andrew Ardill
2012-12-17 5:30 ` Tomas Carnecky [this message]
2012-12-17 5:52 ` Andrew Ardill
2012-12-17 6:44 ` Chris Rorvick
2012-12-17 7:02 ` Woody Wu
2012-12-17 7:21 ` Tomas Carnecky
2012-12-17 7:41 ` Woody Wu
2012-12-17 6:48 ` Woody Wu
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