Git/hacks: Difference between revisions
more log and branch examples |
correct errant instructions that would leave a branch with the same commit SHA as the copy it came from |
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Checkout a specific branch from origin, and track it. | Checkout a specific branch from origin, and track it. | ||
What if you enter <code>git checkout -b REL1_29</code> when you *should have entered* <code>git checkout -b REL1_29 origin/REL1_29</code>? | What if you enter <code>git checkout -b REL1_29</code> when you *should have entered* <code>git checkout -b REL1_29 origin/REL1_29</code>? J<s>ust tell git that you meant to track the branch in origin: <code>git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/REL1_29 REL1_29</code></s> Set upstream doesn't do what's intended here! You should delete the branch that you created as a 'copy'; and then checkout the branch correctly. | ||
== Tracing in Status == | == Tracing in Status == | ||