On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 23:17:01 +0800 lei yang <yanglei.f...@gmail.com> wrote:
[...] > > 1) Make a certain branch from a certain (remote) repository to > > appear in your local repository. > > Yes this one,make the branch from remote to be as my local branch This is simple. But the steps to perform depend on what you really need to achieve. If you just want a one-off action, that is, to bring that branch to your local repo as it looks now and then do not ever touch it--I mean, you do not want to follow any remote changes which that branch might receive in the future--then you can just use the so-called "refspec" with the `git fetch` command: $ git fetch <remote> refs/heads/thatbranch:refs/heads/thisbranch will create the branch named "thisbranch" in your local repository, and this branch will have the history of the branch "thatbranch" from the remote repository <remote>. This remote might be a "named remote" (that is, created previously with the `git remote add` command) or just an URL (as used with the `git clone` command). More info on this is in the `git fetch` manual page, as usually. If you want instead to actually track the developments on that branch after you bring it to your repository, you should take the route described in [1] and [2], that is, add a named remote, fetch from it (this will create the so-called "remote-tracking branches" for that remote's branches in your local repository) and then optionally fork your own local branches off those remote-tracking branches. 1. http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Basics-Working-with-Remotes 2. http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Branching-Remote-Branches -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
