>>>>> "Rene" == Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxx> writes: Rene> Well, yes, they do, and I could also do Rene> git branch b v2.6.20 Rene> git branch c v2.6.20 Rene> directly then (right?) but I do want that "v20" branch in the middle. What does "in the middle" mean here? If I set: b = a; c = a; That's the same as if I said: b = a; c = b; Why do you think those would be different? There's nothing recorded when you say "git branch X Y" except to make a new X that's a copy of the SHA1 of the old Y. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! - 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