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Re:Upgrading Airbnb from Rails 2.3 to Rails 3.0 by philwelch on Thursday January 05, 2012 @06:17AM (#3428292)
Furthermore:

> Clone the rails3 branch into a separate directory from the usual working directory (instead of simply switching branches)

What does this accomplish?

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Re:Upgrading Airbnb from Rails 2.3 to Rails 3.0 by barrym on Thursday January 05, 2012 @08:13AM (#3428544)
When I've done similar upgrades, I've often found it quicker to have the previous code available to me in another checked out repo rather than switch branches and have to deal with any possible uncommitted changes issues.
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Re:Upgrading Airbnb from Rails 2.3 to Rails 3.0 by philwelch on Thursday January 05, 2012 @01:44PM (#3429881)
You can also use git stash for that.
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