On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Curtis Olson <curtol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is my next git question (possibly another dumb one) :-) > > When I did a git pull in simgear/flightgear this morning I saw something > like the following: > > simgear$ git pull > remote: Counting objects: 1, done. > remote: Total 1 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) > Unpacking objects: 100% (1/1), done. > From gitorious.org:fg/simgear > * [new branch] releases/2.2.0 -> origin/releases/2.2.0 > * [new tag] 2.2.0-rc1 -> 2.2.0-rc1 > Already up-to-date. > > > Ok, cool I think, it looks like the 2.2.0 release branch has been created. > > But my question is how can I switch to this new branch? When I list my > branches I see: > > simgear$ git branch > maint > * next > > > The new branch is not listed. Does this branch only exist on the server? > What do I have to do to see the branch locally? Do I have to manually copy > any remote branch that I want to work with locally? What's the git thought > process and reasoning here? How would a person typically know that a new > remote branch got created and be able to access it? Why doesn't the new > branch automatically show up in my list of branches? > > You can see the remote branches with git "branch -r" or "git branch -a". You can create a local version of a remote branch with "git branch releases-2.2.0 origin/releases-2.2.0"or "git checkout -b releases-2.2.0 origin/releases-2.2.0". Git doesn't create a local branch automatically. I don't know all the reasons, but it would not be clear what to call the local branch, especially if there are multiple remote repositories with identical branch names. Tim > Thanks, > > Curt. > -- > Curtis Olson: > http://www.atiak.com - http://aem.umn.edu/~uav/ > http://www.flightgear.org - > http://www.flightgear.org/blogs/category/curt/<http://www.flightgear.org/blogs/category/personal/curt/> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Gaining the trust of online customers is vital for the success of any > company > that requires sensitive data to be transmitted over the Web. Learn how to > best implement a security strategy that keeps consumers' information secure > and instills the confidence they need to proceed with transactions. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > >
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