subfilter branch created - please enable with these steps...

[Jim Hargrave]

Do this on the command line (egit would work too but this is easier):

1. enable remote tracking so your local subfilter branch is always matched to the remote origin/subfilter - add this to the bottom of .git/config:

[branch "subfilter"]

remote = origin

merge = refs/heads/subfilter

2. git checkout -b subfilter origin/subfilter

3. git pull

Now you are on the subfilter branch. To switch back to master do this:

git checkout master or in egit Teams -> Switch To -> master

**NOTE - the subfilter branch probably won't even compile for a while as we slowly make the needed changes to impalementers of IFilter

Jim

[Chase Tingley]

You can also set up branch tracking directly without having to edit .git/config.

First, git pull (or git fetch) so your repo knows about the new branch on the server:

tingley@ruffian:~/src/okapi$ git pull

[...]

   7abffef..23e6fe2  master     -> origin/master

 * [new branch]      subfilter  -> origin/subfilter

Then, use "branch -t" to create a new branch that tracks something upstream:

tingley@ruffian:~/src/okapi$ git branch -t subfilter origin/subfilter

Branch subfilter set up to track remote branch subfilter from origin.

Now, you can "git checkout subfilter" and start working on the branch.

I find this a little easier than trying to remember the .git/config syntax.

ct

[Jimbo]

Nice! thanks - picking this up little by little

Jim