I think you are confused. When you clone a repository, after do that you will redirect into the branch that was active on that project, instead of into your local branch.
Did you understand? Cheers, Alberto * *On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 2:21 PM, harry <harry.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > > When I clone repos, I am noticiing that half the time the new repo > does not have a master branch, but instead some other branch that is > available on the original repos. According to the manual, the clone > should: > > "checks out an initial branch equal to the cloned repository's > currently active branch" > > I thought that the currently active branch is shown via 'git branch', > but I am noticing that the clone does not always have this branch as > the initial branch. The initial branch is sometimes a branch that was > used to merge into the active branch. > > I am pretty confused as to what is going on. My end goal is to give > developers consise instructions on how to create a new branch off the > master or any other branch they prefer. > > Thanks! > > Harry > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
