Re: HEADS UP: FreeBSD src repo transitioning to git this weekend

Hi,

Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com> wrote:

> The FreeBSD project will be moving it's source repo from subversion to git
> starting this this weekend. 

First of all I'd like to thank all those involved in this for their efforts.

Following https://github.com/bsdimp/freebsd-git-docs/blob/main/mini-primer.md form your other mail I was able to migrate from svn to git without running into any issues.

Right now I am learning how to use git the way I sed svn before. I am just following 12-STABLE in order to build world and kernel. I am not developing, neither am I committing.

I wonder how one would switch from a currently used branch (OLD) to another branch (NEW).

With svn I used:
	svn switch svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/NEW /usr/src

For git I found:
	git branch -m stable/OLD stable/NEW
	or
	git branch -M stable/OLD stable/NEW

git-branch(1):
       With a -m or -M option, <oldbranch> will	be renamed to <newbranch>. If
       <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to	match
       <newbranch>, and	a reflog entry is created to remember the branch
       renaming. If <newbranch>	exists,	-M must	be used	to force the rename to
       happen.

I don't understand that text completely, because I don't know what a reflog is, yet ;-)

Thus: Should I use "-m" or "-M" in my scenario when switching from stable/12 to stable/13 in the near future?

Thanks and regards,
Michael