On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:20:46 -0800, Ron1 <ron1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[ron@mickey]$ git checkout master Already on 'master' [ron@mickey]$ git checkout master^ Note: moving to 'master^' which isn't a local branch If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example: git checkout -b <new_branch_name> HEAD is now at 7be05e0... test [ron@mickey]$ git branch * (no branch) master [ron@mickey]$ Huh?!? This is a test repository which has never been pulled from nor pushed to anywhere. So how is it possible that I have a non-local branch?
"Is a non-local branch" is not the same as "is not a local branch". Think "branches" as tags that advance when you commit over them. If you do gitk --all, only those commits with a green tag are "branches". It means that if you switch to master^ and commit, your commit will be applied but not tracked (since there is not any branch to advance). You would need to do git checkout -b 'new_branch', and then commit. Now, new_branch will advance with your new commit. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html