Subject: Re: How to checkout a tag?

From: Andy Whitcroft <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:06:21 +0100

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> Sometimes I receive a kernel patch based off an older version of the
> kernel, for example a 2.6.18 patch when the current kernel is 2.6.19-rc1.
> 
> I would like to create a branch starting at 2.6.18, merge the patch, and
> then merge up to the current kernel.
> 
> How does one check out a tag, or create a branch based on a tag's
> starting point?

A tag is a ref like any other:

	git checkout -b branchname tag

-apw