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Asked: 2026-05-23T18:29:51+00:00

This is a rather embarrassing question, but I am rather pressed for time, and

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This is a rather embarrassing question, but I am rather pressed for time, and can get on with other work while someone far more knowledgeable in Git than me could answer it in seconds.

I’ve just done a fetch from a remote repo, but I have no working copy files. I’m using Git GUI on Windows, and I can visualise the history, and at some point I could see the file structure of the solution, but I can’t find how again. Most operations require me to select a revision, but none are available in the dropdown, and HEAD is not a valid revision for some reason. How do I get the actual source files I need?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The idea is to use a commit to:

    • checkout it (which will create the working tree)
    • create a local branch

    See How can I switch my git repository to a particular commit:

    git checkout -b new_branch 6e559cb

    That commit would be the “start point revision” mentioned by Adrian Shum in his answer.

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