Git Checkout Particular Branch

Question

I am working on an ant project which I am downloading from git, and need to focus on a particular commit.

It may sound like a basic question, but I was wondering whether it made any difference whether I compiled first or used the checkout command first.

I assume I should checkout first...?

Thanks :)

and what will you be checking out? – Tim Mar 28 '14 at 10:14 — Tim, Mar 28 '14 at 10:14

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

Yes, you should checkout that particular commit first, because otherwise, the classes to be compiled will not be corresponding to that commit (as they might have been updated in subsequent commits).

Once you have made sure that your code is corresponding to that particular commit, you can compile your ant project.

To create a new branch corresponding to a specific commit, use

git branch branchname <sha1-of-commit>
git checkout branchname

Or for a single step solution

git checkout -b branchname <sha1-of-commit>

Git Checkout Particular Branch

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