From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: (guix git-download) Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 21:08:05 +0100 Message-ID: <8760l626ze.fsf@elephly.net> References: <87h94qhnzt.fsf@wasp.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49385) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cVOR3-00043X-38 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jan 2017 15:08:25 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cVOQy-0007ua-Aw for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jan 2017 15:08:21 -0500 Received: from sender163-mail.zoho.com ([74.201.84.163]:21096) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cVOQy-0007tn-0h for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jan 2017 15:08:16 -0500 In-reply-to: <87h94qhnzt.fsf@wasp.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: ng0 Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org ng0 writes: > Furthermore, I'd like to add a functionality to select a > branch/tag more easily than just by commit. Tags can already be cloned just by using the tag name. However, branches in git are just variable pointers, so they cannot be selected any other way than by specifying a “commitish”. -- Ricardo GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC https://elephly.net