1. Creating branches starting at a tag
This will create a branch using the 0.29.6 tag as a start:
git branch stable-0.29 0.29.6
2. Switching between branches
git checkout stable-0.29
will make it so the sources in your repo will be the stable-0.29
git checkout master
will return to the master.
3. Add paches already in the Git master branch
git cherry-pick -x f03ffce29627b15a938ba6f0145dc93fb93f6d83
will take the patch f03ffce29627b15a938ba6f0145dc93fb93f6d83 and try to merge it. If it fails, edit the failed file, then do:
git commit -i path/to/file.php
to commit your merge resolved.
4. Pushing the branch to the public Git
Edit your .git/remotes/public, and add a second Push: line like this:
Push: stable-0.29
5. Get a branch from a public repository
Do it like this:
git checkout -b stable-0.29 origin/stable-0.29
Then the following command will show on what branch you will be working with:
git branch
