From fe4b3e591bdfe580cfc716653dd5ac2105d23f8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "J. Bruce Fields" Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:14:39 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] user-manual: clarify difference between tag and branch Explain the difference (well, one of the differences) between a tag and a branch. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" --- Documentation/user-manual.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 3f2318115..267bbd736 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -304,6 +304,9 @@ v2.6.13 ... ------------------------------------------------ +Tags are expected to always point at the same version of a project, +while branches are expected to advance as development progresses. + Create a new branch pointing to one of these versions and check it out using gitlink:git-checkout[1]: -- 2.30.2