On 07/30/2012 05:26 AM, Nix wrote:
> Uh, not only did it work, it told you it worked. You can check out*any*
> commit at all as a new branch, including commits referenced by refs such
> as branches or tags. But if you check out a tag without creating a new
> branch off of it, git will warn you, as above, that if you commit at
> this point and then switch away, your commit is pointed to by nothing
> and thus will eventually be lost (not at once -- the reflog will point
> to it for a while, but reflogs are routinely expired by automated 'git
> gc' runs, so your commit will eventually vanish).
>
> (This state is called 'detached HEAD', because HEAD (which always points
> to your current checkout) is not pointing to the same place as the head
> of any branch, thus 'detached' from all branches.)

OK,

   I think I got it! So I need to create the local branch v3.5.13-sru and then 
checkout 3.5.13 into that. (or whatever new name I dream up for the branch :)

   I'll mess with it some more. Thanks Nix!

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.