Re: git and tags...

[Franck <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com>]

2005/11/8, Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>:
> On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 06:45:21PM +0000, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 06:25:06PM +0100, Franck wrote:
> >
> > > OK, so tags have been renamed into "linux-2.6.x". Why not using the
> > > same mainline name convention (v2.6.x) ?
> >
> > The same reason that some people like blue and others prefer green ;-)
> >
> > > I have another question (which is the first one in my previous email),
> > > how can I make my working tree a kernel version 2.6.9 for example ?
> >
> > git-read-tree $(cat .git/refs/tags/linux-2.6.9)
> > git-checkout-index -f -a -u -q
>
> IIUC, this is just "git checkout linux-2.6.9" nowadays.
>

"checkout" command seems to work with branch, not tag. Which version
of git are you using ?

Thanks
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               Franck