From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Robert Treat <rob(at)xzilla(dot)net> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Working with git repo tagged versions |
Date: | 2011-11-11 20:53:05 |
Message-ID: | 201111112053.pABKr5027580@momjian.us |
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Robert Treat wrote:
> Howdy folks,
>
> Occasionally I need to grab an older release from git based on a tag
> rather than a branch, eg the REL8_3_10 tag vs the REL8_3_STABLE
> branch. I used to know how to do this in CVS, but I find I tend to
> revert to grabbing tarballs now that we're on git. So, I'm wondering
> if anyone knows a way to do this directly from git clone (or similar),
> and ideally as a shallow clone (ie. I just need a copy of the code at
> that tag, rather than needing the repo for development purposes). If
> anyone knew a way to do this down to a specific commit, that would
> also be interesting to know. Thanks in advance.
I just did this:
$ git-new-workdir postgresql/.git/ tmp
Checking out files: 100% (3903/3903), done.
$ cd tmp
$ git checkout REL8_3_10
That does use a shadow clone. Basically, git checkout assumes a tag,
unless you -b for a branch.
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