We have created the following branch to track Spark 1.6 fixes : origin/branch-systemml-spark-1.6
Note that, fixes that go into master, and are also affecting 1.6, they should be cherry-picked to the 1.6 branch as well. As for checking out, you will need to do something like the steps below (your preference might change some steps) git checkout -b branch-systemml-spark-1.6 origin/branch-systemml-spark-1.6 git branch --set-upstream-to origin/branch-systemml-spark-1.6 branch-systemml-spark-1.6 this last one is like: git branch --set-upstream-to origin/my_remote_branch my_local_branch For creating dev branches for 1.6, first go to you local 1.6 branch and continue with your regular steps such as git branch -b JIRA-222 And good luck !!! -- Luciano Resende http://twitter.com/lresende1975 http://lresende.blogspot.com/