$ git update-index --refresh
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+
-in the new repository to make sure that the index file is up-to-date.
+in the new repository to make sure that the index file is up to date.
Note that the second point is true even across machines. You can
duplicate a remote Git repository with *any* regular copy mechanism, be it
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where the `-u` flag means that you want the checkout to keep the index
-up-to-date (so that you don't have to refresh it afterward), and the
+up to date (so that you don't have to refresh it afterward), and the
`-a` flag means "check out all files" (if you have a stale copy or an
older version of a checked out tree you may also need to add the `-f`
flag first, to tell 'git checkout-index' to *force* overwriting of any old
saying that you want to check out a new branch:
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-$ git checkout -b mybranch
+$ git switch -c mybranch
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will create a new branch based at the current `HEAD` position, and switch
In other words, if you have an earlier tag or branch, you'd just do
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-$ git checkout -b mybranch earlier-commit
+$ git switch -c mybranch earlier-commit
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and it would create the new branch `mybranch` at the earlier commit,
You can always just jump back to your original `master` branch by doing
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-$ git checkout master
+$ git switch master
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(or any other branch-name, for that matter) and if you forget which
which will simply _create_ the branch, but will not do anything further.
You can then later -- once you decide that you want to actually develop
-on that branch -- switch to that branch with a regular 'git checkout'
+on that branch -- switch to that branch with a regular 'git switch'
with the branchname as the argument.
that branch, and do some work there.
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-$ git checkout mybranch
+$ git switch mybranch
$ echo "Work, work, work" >>hello
$ git commit -m "Some work." -i hello
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to the master branch, and editing the same file differently there:
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-$ git checkout master
+$ git switch master
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Here, take a moment to look at the contents of `hello`, and notice how they
'git merge' to get the "upstream changes" back to your branch.
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-$ git checkout mybranch
+$ git switch mybranch
$ git merge -m "Merge upstream changes." master
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work." commit.
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-$ git checkout mybranch
-$ git reset --hard master^2
-$ git checkout master
+$ git switch -C mybranch master^2
+$ git switch master
$ git reset --hard master^
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First, you need to create an empty repository on the remote
machine that will house your public repository. This empty
-repository will be populated and be kept up-to-date by pushing
+repository will be populated and be kept up to date by pushing
into it later. Obviously, this repository creation needs to be
done only once.
would contain a call to 'git update-server-info'
but you need to manually enable the hook with
`mv post-update.sample post-update`. This makes sure
-'git update-server-info' keeps the necessary files up-to-date.
+'git update-server-info' keeps the necessary files up to date.
3. Push into the public repository from your primary
repository.