On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Philip Oakley <philipoak...@iee.org> wrote:
> If both cases of checking out a path you are expected to provide a > <tree-ish>, not a <branch>. The git glossary says that a tree-ish is a > commit, tree, or tag - nothing about a branch. A branch name is perfectly suitable to use as a <treeish>. A branch is really just in effect a variable pointer to a commit. http://www.scribd.com/doc/65739673/12/The-Treeish#outer_page_41 et. seq. (see page 42) -- Rick DeNatale Google+: +Rick DeNatale <https://plus.google.com/102541178931067955550> Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Github: http://github.com/rubyredrick Twitter: @RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale -- 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.
