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

From: Lev Serebryakov <lev_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 18:04:40 +0300
On 23.12.2020 17:32, Michael Grimm wrote:

> 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?
You should not use any options if you want to switch your working copy to new branch. `-m` and `-M` *renames* branch!

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// Lev Serebryakov
Received on Wed Dec 23 2020 - 14:04:44 UTC

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