Unless you specify a specific development branch or
tag name, Git clones the "master" branch, which results
in a snapshot of the latest development changes for
- "master".</para>
+ "master".
+ For information on how to check out a specific
+ development branch or on how to check out a local
+ branch based on a tag name, see the
+ "<link linkend='checking-out-by-branch-in-poky'>Checking Out By Branch in Poky</link>"
+ and
+ <link linkend='checkout-out-by-tag-in-poky'>Checking Out By Tag in Poky</link>",
+ respectively.</para>
<para>Once the repository is created, you can change to
that directory and check its status.