On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Timothy Pearson
<kb9vqf@...> wrote:
>> On 2 May 2012, Timothy Pearson told this:
>>
>>>> In the source packages, patches have kept separately from the original
>>>> sources
>>>> (in debian/patches/bp*.diff). I was hoping they might be incorporated
>>>> into
>>>> Git branch for 3.5.13. I understand that you wanted a big diff instead
>>>> of
>>>> the
>>>> set of patches?
>>>
>>> Honestly I'm not sure how to do this in anything resembling a sane
>>> manner
>>> in GIT. �I was considering distribution of the large patch file as an
>>> update to the existing 3.5.13 sources, but comments and discussion are
>>> definitely welcome on this subject!
>>
>> I'm not quite sure what 'this' is. If you want to apply a bunch of
>> patches to a git repo, there are multiple options:
>>
>> git am -- Apply a series of patches from a mailbox
>> git quiltimport -- Applies a quilt patchset onto the current branch
>> git apply -- Apply a patch to files and/or to the index
>>
>> and others.
>>
>> For a set of Debian diffs, 'git quiltimport' is probably what you're
>> looking for.
>>
>> --
>> NULL && (void)
>
> I know that. :-) �The problem is "How do I apply patches to an existing
> tagged branch to create a new tagged branch that is completely independent
> of the main development branch".
>

You should be able to create a branch based off of a tag like anything else.
git branch <branchname> <tag>
and then check it out
git checkout <branchname>

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