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author | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-07-08 16:17:28 -0400 |
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committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-07-08 16:17:28 -0400 |
commit | cc47dca592206f70f33bb07e3a80287f0b5e8f0c (patch) | |
tree | d7f9634121400190100a5f53e4215c45a1192b17 /doc/walkthrough | |
parent | 7bff599aff5a4d8cc7026cd71d52410e151138da (diff) |
add a new item to walkthrough, as people get confused about whether tags and branches are supported (they are)
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diff --git a/doc/walkthrough/using_tags_and_branches.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough/using_tags_and_branches.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..06f021472 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/walkthrough/using_tags_and_branches.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Like git, git-annex hangs on to every old version of a file, so you can +make tags and branches, and can check them out later to look at the old +files. + + # git tag 1.0 + # rm -f my_cool_big_file + # git commit -m deleted + # git checkout 1.0 + # cat my_cool_big_file + yay! old version still here + +Of course, when you `git checkout` an old branch, some old versions of +files may not be locally available, and may be stored in some other +repository. You can use `git annex get` to get them as usual. |