Re: date based checkouts in git possible?

On 6/4/2022 12:12 AM, Chris wrote:

> git checkout `git rev-list -n 1 --before=<previous-date>" freebsd/main`
> which returns
> Your branch is up to date with 'freebsd/main'.
>
> What must I do? Or will I need to convert/import it into svn?

Hi Chris;

The message above makes me think the hash returned by rev-list is also 
HEAD. Do this:

git fetch && git pull

... to make sure your cloned repo is up to date.

To do work with the branch in that state, I'd create a new branch based 
on the commit hash returned by rev-list.

If you just want to build the kernel, the git-checkout command you gave 
above should result in your working copy being in a detached head state 
which is probably what you wanted.