Git branch naming

Subject: Git branch naming

• note: originally emailed 10/30/2013 and sanitized for public consumption
• sidenote: posting here so i can lead people here whenever they ask me about this stuff...

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Sent by XXX:
> One thing I was thinking about since we are going to start using
> branches a lot more is that we start labeling branches versus tags. Say
> something like….'feature-branch' or 'feature-B' and
> 'ZZZ-1.1-T' or ZZZ-1.9-release'. This way it is easier to see
> which branches are tags and which branches are tags for release.


Don’t confuse a branch with a tag.


A tag is a ref like any other:

git checkout -b branchname tag

Which is a shortcut for

git branch branchname tag
git checkout branchname

“You cannot checkout a tag.”

http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/git/0610/28708.html