On 2017-05-31 16:48:16 [+0200], John Kacur wrote: > Here is how (one way) to check out the stable and the unstable > branches. > > git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/rt-tests/rt-tests.git > Cloning into 'rt-tests'... > remote: Counting objects: 2914, done. > remote: Total 2914 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) > Receiving objects: 100% (2914/2914), 554.11 KiB | 513.00 KiB/s, done. > Resolving deltas: 100% (1760/1760), done. > Checking connectivity... done. > [jkacur@riemann tmp]$ cd rt-tests/ > [jkacur@riemann rt-tests]$ git branch -a > * master > remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master > remotes/origin/devel/v0.96 > remotes/origin/devel/v0.96-spikes > remotes/origin/devel/v0.97 > remotes/origin/devel/v0.98 > remotes/origin/master > remotes/origin/stable/devel/v1.0.1 > remotes/origin/stable/v1.0 > remotes/origin/unstable/devel/v1.1.1 > remotes/origin/v0.93-devel > remotes/origin/v0.94-devel > [jkacur@riemann rt-tests]$ git checkout -b stable/v1.0 origin/stable/v1.0 > Branch stable/v1.0 set up to track remote branch stable/v1.0 from origin. > Switched to a new branch 'stable/v1.0' > [jkacur@riemann rt-tests]$ git checkout -b unstable/devel/v1.1.1 > origin/unstable/devel/v1.1.1 > Branch unstable/devel/v1.1.1 set up to track remote branch > unstable/devel/v1.1.1 from origin. > Switched to a new branch 'unstable/devel/v1.1.1' right, plain and simple. With the right interface you could point users to your devel or stable branch with something like git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/stable/v1.0 But since there a Readme file, could you add something like For the stable branch branch please do git checkout stable/v1.0 and development do git checkout unstable/devel/v1.1.1 Sebastian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html