Re: [git-users] git checkout file silently fails

2012-09-07 Thread Antony Male
On 04/09/2012 18:21, Senthil wrote: This may be an edge case which has been discussed, but I did not find any topics relating to this. If file 1 exists on branch B but not on branch A, I am seeing this behavior: git checkout A git checkout A -- 1 error: pathspec '1' did not match any file(s)

Re: [git-users] git checkout file silently fails

2012-09-07 Thread Rick DeNatale
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

[git-users] Process of branching

2012-09-07 Thread Patrick
Been using git (with GitHub) for awhile now but I have to admit I've never really gotten over the cvs svn mind set of the local repo. I've been on a project for awhile and have not really needed to use branches but I have been working on my local repo for awhile and have not pushed up the to

Re: [git-users] Process of branching

2012-09-07 Thread Łukasz Siwiński
Have You completed those 2 steps: - https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git - https://help.github.com/articles/create-a-repo ? Pozdrawiam, -- Łukasz Siwiński http://siwinski.info Wysłano z telefonu. 07-09-2012 17:16, Patrick pn1.d...@gmail.com napisał(a): Been using git (with GitHub)

Re: [git-users] Process of branching

2012-09-07 Thread Patrick
Yes have my remote working fine on GitHub. My question was on the process of branching. On Friday, September 7, 2012 9:20:00 AM UTC-7, Łukasz Siwiński wrote: Have You completed those 2 steps: - https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git - https://help.github.com/articles/create-a-repo

[git-users] Problems with Git install on Windows 7

2012-09-07 Thread Jim Kadin
I downloaded and installed 1.7.11 from http://git-scm.com/download/win last week. (actually I've done it twice). I'm having several problems that seems like my install is missing something. 1) missing man executable. When I type git help add for instance, I get: $ git help add warning:

[git-users] Re: Problems with Git install on Windows 7

2012-09-07 Thread Daniel Dotsenko
I am a happy user of Git on Win7 (64b) for years. I understand how this mishap with the install made you feel. In early times I felt similarly, but then I found that GitExtensions project, on average, provides a much more complete and reliable experience.