Looking for a little GIT help (getting code for a certain tag)

I'm wondering if anyone more familiar with GIT could help me figure out how to download the code associated with a certain tag on Git Hub. I'm somewhat familiar cloning and working with the master branch of XBMC on Git Hub, but my brain is starting to hurt trying to get a certain tag

Basically I would like to download all the source code for the 10.1-Dharma tag, but I'm confused on how to do that. How do I specify which tag I want to download when doing a git clone command? Or should I be using git checkout and if so, how do I specify the tag with that command?

Also as a side question, should I be downloading this tag from the master branch or the dharma branch, since it seems both branches have these tags.

Thanks,
Harry

This isn't quite what you want, but given that 10.1-Dharma tag is just Dharma HEAD, you should just be able to git checkout Dharma if you have a local branch for it, or git checkout -b dharma origin/Dharma if you don't.

Cheers,
Jonathan

jmarshall Wrote:This isn't quite what you want, but given that 10.1-Dharma tag is just Dharma HEAD, you should just be able to git checkout Dharma if you have a local branch for it, or git checkout -b dharma origin/Dharma if you don't.

Cheers,
Jonathan

Thanks, I'm starting to understand more and more how GIT works ... it's a huge change from SVN. Btw, what would I do if 10.1-Dharma tag wasn't the Dharma HEAD. Say I wanted to work with the 10.0-Dharma tag.

Thanks,
Harry

Harry Muscle Wrote:Thanks, I'm starting to understand more and more how GIT works ... it's a huge change from SVN. Btw, what would I do if 10.1-Dharma tag wasn't the Dharma HEAD. Say I wanted to work with the 10.0-Dharma tag.

Thanks,
Harry

I think I figured it out ... although checking out a tag puts me in "detached HEAD" mode ... is that normal?

Harry

Keep in mind that you get the _whole repo_ with git. Trying to grab a specific branch or tag is a svn'ism, let it go!

For some reason, git detaches head when you checkout a tag, I'm unsure why they don't make them act more like branches.

In short, you're looking for this: git checkout -b 10.1-Dharma tags/10.1-Dharma

That creates a local branch at the 10.1 tag. And as JM said, you'll notice that it is identical to the Dharma branch, because the tag is just a pointer to the tip of it.

TheUni

Thanks for all the help.

Harry