Re: git help

Colin Percival <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Apr 2026 17:57:27 +0000

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On 4/2/26 10:52, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
> I need to checkout exactly this version:
> FreeBSD 15.0-STABLE stable/15-n282698-4311217a039c GENERIC amd64
> 
> What would be the git command to checkout this version nad only that? I am 
> sure git is perfect for developers but a bit overwhelming for a "user".

For reproducibility, the best option is

git clone --branch stable/15 https://git.freebsd.org/src.git /usr/src
cd /usr/src && git reset --hard 4311217a039c

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Colin Percival
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