# Re: \[PATCH 09/10\] user-manual.txt: explain better the remote(-tracking) branch terms

- From: Jay Soffian \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:52 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7487607
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7487426/t.md

```text
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Matthieu Moy [ref] wrote:
>  You cannot check out these remote-tracking branches, but you can
>  examine them on a branch of your own, just as you would a tag:

Suggestion: "You do not commit directly to remote-tracking branches,
but you can examine them or create a branch from them, just as you
would a tag:"

j.
```