On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 09:06:16PM +0530, Sathesh Babu Edara wrote: > - I would like to know the code base for linux-2.6.12 (linux_2_6_12 tag) > in the CVS repository is same as the one in the git repository > archive(linux-2.6.12). It should be; the tags in the git archive were automatically generated, not converted fromt he CVS archive. > - I am new to GIT.In order to checkout linux-2.6.12 tag from git > repository I followed the commands given in the > http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Git web site > > > - It is hanging while cloning the repository using the below command > # git clone rsync://ftp.linux-mips.org/git/linux.git linux.git > - Then i used http:// instead of rsync:// in the above command and it is > working fine. We told you before - you're behind a firewall and can't use rsync. Unless you have an argument with your firewall admin and those are usually a rather stuborn kind of character when it comes to that kind of changes :) > In the "Status of CVS to GIT conversion " section, there is no information > on linux-2.6.12 tag/branch.If I want to checkout linux-2.6.12 tag from GIT > repository what command I should use after cloning the git repository. I certainly won't list each of the hundreds of individual tags on that page; no point in that. ANyway, after the clone finished, do: git-read-tree -m $(cat .git/refs/tags/linux-2.6.12) git-checkout-index -f -a -u -q Git developers didn't make that too easy; the git-checkout command doesn't accept a tag as it's argument, so git-checkout linux-2.6.12 doesn't work. Ralf
