HEADS UP: FreeBSD src repo transitioning to git this weekend

[Lev Serebryakov]

On 23.12.2020 18:04, Lev Serebryakov wrote:
> On 23.12.2020 17:32, Michael Grimm wrote:
> 
>> git-branch(1):
>>         With a -m or -M option, <oldbranch> will    be renamed to <newbranch>. If
> ==============================================^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>         <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to    match
>>         <newbranch>, and    a reflog entry is created to remember the branch
>>         renaming. If <newbranch>    exists,    -M must    be used    to force the rename to
>>         happen.
>>
>> I don't understand that text completely, because I don't know what a reflog is, yet ;-)
>>
>> Thus: Should I use "-m" or "-M" in my scenario when switching from stable/12 to stable/13 in the near future?
> You should not use any options if you want to switch your working copy to new branch. `-m` and `-M` *renames* branch!
  I'm idiot today, it is `git checkout <exisitng-branch>` of course.

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// Lev Serebryakov