Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2023 09:18:34 -0700 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-git <freebsd-git@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Working with forks: git-checkout(1) options -b and -t Message-ID: <5701B98C-0075-4966-9D93-C5E4A01D628D@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <802423f4-a29b-74ae-f2cc-ce8f91dbf373@gmail.com> References: <7e6a3a98-80a8-c787-fda5-65e924dbad34@gmail.com> <CAOtMX2h1tZ3oC0a%2BMbizW9xK4Ryt5AaPtA%2B1C3g%2BTO4=vYo65A@mail.gmail.com> <543e12ed-bc12-ee0e-4ddf-4423fe704d78@gmail.com> <CANCZdfqBUbbdLGdZJT55LdJvNuZ8okF50Xs0i7C1HbRSKsa43g@mail.gmail.com> <802423f4-a29b-74ae-f2cc-ce8f91dbf373@gmail.com>
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On Sep 10, 2023, at 08:58, Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> wrote: On 08/09/2023 03:51, Warner Losh wrote: > =E2=80=A6 Or 'git checkout -t jlduran/nanobsd-embedded-use-makefs' =E2=80= =A6 > A doc tree example, now. Colour me confused. >=20 > % git -C /usr/doc remote add outpaddling = https://github.com/outpaddling/freebsd-doc.git > % git -C /usr/doc checkout -b outpaddling-main --track = outpaddling/main > fatal: 'outpaddling/main' is not a commit and a branch = 'outpaddling-main' cannot be created from it > % git -C /usr/doc checkout -b outpaddling-main --track outpaddling > fatal: 'outpaddling' is not a commit and a branch 'outpaddling-main' = cannot be created from it > % git -C /usr/doc checkout -b outpaddling-main -t outpaddling/main > fatal: 'outpaddling/main' is not a commit and a branch = 'outpaddling-main' cannot be created from it > % git -C /usr/doc checkout -t outpaddling/main > fatal: 'outpaddling/main' is not a commit and a branch 'main' cannot = be created from it > % >=20 > <https://github.com/outpaddling/freebsd-doc/branches>; there's only one = branch, main. >=20 =46rom man git-remote: add Add a remote named <name> for the repository at <URL>. The = command git fetch <name> can then be used to create and update remote-tracking branches <name>/<branch>. So it looks like the next step after "git -C /usr/doc remote add . . ." = is: % git -C /usr/doc fetch outpaddling Prior to that no interaction with the remote has happened for the local git to have found what branches exist and the like. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com
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