From: J. Bruce Fields Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:14:39 +0000 (-0500) Subject: user-manual: clarify difference between tag and branch X-Git-Tag: v1.5.0-rc3~3^2~18 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fe4b3e591bdfe580cfc716653dd5ac2105d23f8a;p=git.git 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" --- 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]: