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| 686 | <title>Checking Out by Tag in Poky</title> | 686 | <title>Checking Out by Tag in Poky</title> |
| 687 | 687 | ||
| 688 | <para> | 688 | <para> |
| 689 | Similar to branches, the upstream repository has tags used | 689 | Similar to branches, the upstream repository uses tags |
| 690 | to mark significant commits such as a completed release or | 690 | to mark specific commits associated with significant points in |
| 691 | stage of a release. | 691 | a development branch (i.e. a release point or stage of a |
| 692 | release). | ||
| 692 | You might want to set up a local branch based on one of those | 693 | You might want to set up a local branch based on one of those |
| 693 | points in the repository. | 694 | points in the repository. |
| 694 | The process is similar to checking out by branch name except you | 695 | The process is similar to checking out by branch name except you |
| 695 | use tag names. | 696 | use tag names. |
| 697 | <note> | ||
| 698 | Checking out a branch based on a tag names gives you a | ||
| 699 | stable set of files not affected by development on the | ||
| 700 | branch above the tag. | ||
| 701 | </note> | ||
| 696 | <orderedlist> | 702 | <orderedlist> |
| 697 | <listitem><para> | 703 | <listitem><para> |
| 698 | <emphasis>Switch to the Poky Directory:</emphasis> | 704 | <emphasis>Switch to the Poky Directory:</emphasis> |
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| 743 | branch named "my_yocto_2.2_M2", which is based on | 749 | branch named "my_yocto_2.2_M2", which is based on |
| 744 | the commit in the upstream poky repository that has | 750 | the commit in the upstream poky repository that has |
| 745 | the same tag. | 751 | the same tag. |
| 746 | The files you have available locally when you are | 752 | In this example, the files you have available locally |
| 747 | checked out to that branch are a snapshot of the | 753 | as a result of the <filename>checkout</filename> |
| 754 | command are a snapshot of the | ||
| 748 | "morty" development branch at the point where | 755 | "morty" development branch at the point where |
| 749 | milestone two was reached. | 756 | milestone two was reached. |
| 750 | </para></listitem> | 757 | </para></listitem> |