merge.git

thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects$ 
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects$ 
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects$ git clone -b 4.GUI_loading_messages_slowly git@github.com:THUFIR/USENET.git
Cloning into USENET...
remote: Counting objects: 3782, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1274/1274), done.
remote: Total 3782 (delta 1647), reused 3613 (delta 1478)
Receiving objects: 100% (3782/3782), 388.55 KiB | 103 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1647/1647), done.
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects$ 
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects$ cd USENET
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects/USENET$ 
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects/USENET$ 
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects/USENET$ git checkout -b master remotes/origin/master
Branch master set up to track remote branch master from origin.
Switched to a new branch 'master'
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects/USENET$ 
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects/USENET$ reset --merge 4.GUI_loading_messages_slowly
reset: invalid option -- '-'
Usage: tset [options] [terminal]

Options:
  -c          set control characters
  -e ch       erase character
  -I          no initialization strings
  -i ch       interrupt character
  -k ch       kill character
  -m mapping  map identifier to type
  -Q          do not output control key settings
  -r          display term on stderr
  -s          output TERM set command
  -V          print curses-version
  -w          set window-size

thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects/USENET$ 
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects/USENET$ reset -merge 4.GUI_loading_messages_slowly
reset: unknown terminal type 4.GUI_loading_messages_slowly
Terminal type? ^C
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects/USENET$ 
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects/USENET$ 
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects/USENET$ git help reset
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects/USENET$ 
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects/USENET$ reset --merge 4.GUI_loading_messages_slowly
reset: invalid option -- '-'
Usage: tset [options] [terminal]

Options:
  -c          set control characters
  -e ch       erase character
  -I          no initialization strings
  -i ch       interrupt character
  -k ch       kill character
  -m mapping  map identifier to type
  -Q          do not output control key settings
  -r          display term on stderr
  -s          output TERM set command
  -V          print curses-version
  -w          set window-size

thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects/USENET$ 
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects/USENET$ git branch 
  4.GUI_loading_messages_slowly
* master
thufir@dur:~/NetBeansProjects/USENET$