Hi,
I would like to create a branch of my own work based on a specific
kernel version(i.e
v2.6.11). I tried with:
> git-branch my2.6.11 v2.6.11
error: Object 5dc01c595e6c6ec9ccda4f6f69c131c0dd945f8c is a tree, not a
commit
fatal: Needed a single revision
As v2.6.11 is a tree object(tag), git-checkout and git-branch could
not process it. The
only way I know is using git-read-tree to fetch v2.6.11 content into
current index and start
a branch based on it. Is there any simpler method?
Thanks!
On 10/22/05, Ben Lau [off-list ref] wrote:
Hi,
I would like to create a branch of my own work based on a specific
kernel version(i.e
v2.6.11). I tried with:
> git-branch my2.6.11 v2.6.11
error: Object 5dc01c595e6c6ec9ccda4f6f69c131c0dd945f8c is a tree, not a
commit
fatal: Needed a single revision
What you're after is
git-rev-parse --verify <tagname>^0 > .refs/heads/mynewbranch
"branches" are very lightweight -- it's a ref containing the SHA1 of
the commit you want it to be at. So if you find the SHA1 of the commit
in gitk or wherever, just
echo SHA1 > .refs/heads/mynewbranch
and you're sorted. Do git-checkout to switch to it.
cheers,
martin
Martin Langhoff wrote:
On 10/22/05, Ben Lau [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
Hi,
I would like to create a branch of my own work based on a specific
kernel version(i.e
v2.6.11). I tried with:
quoted
git-branch my2.6.11 v2.6.11
error: Object 5dc01c595e6c6ec9ccda4f6f69c131c0dd945f8c is a tree, not a
commit
fatal: Needed a single revision
What you're after is
git-rev-parse --verify <tagname>^0 > .refs/heads/mynewbranch
"branches" are very lightweight -- it's a ref containing the SHA1 of
the commit you want it to be at. So if you find the SHA1 of the commit
in gitk or wherever, just
echo SHA1 > .refs/heads/mynewbranch
and you're sorted. Do git-checkout to switch to it.
cheers,
martin
The command complains:
>git-rev-parse --verify v2.6.11^
error: Object 5dc01c595e6c6ec9ccda4f6f69c131c0dd945f8c is a tree, not
a commit
fatal: Needed a single revision
I think it need another way to convert a tag/tree object into a commit ?