From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karl =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hasselstr=F6m?= Subject: Re: git branch diagram Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:46:55 +0200 Message-ID: <20080418064655.GA23209@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk> References: <911589C97062424796D53B625CEC0025E460C3@USCOBRMFA-SE-70.northamerica.cexp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Catalin Marinas To: Patrick.Higgins@cexp.com X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Apr 18 08:48:12 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JmkOH-0000dT-MG for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:48:10 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756266AbYDRGrG convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:47:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752023AbYDRGrF (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:47:05 -0400 Received: from diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk ([80.68.90.142]:1301 "EHLO diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753592AbYDRGrE (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:47:04 -0400 Received: from kha by diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1JmkN6-00066r-00; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:46:56 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <911589C97062424796D53B625CEC0025E460C3@USCOBRMFA-SE-70.northamerica.cexp.com> X-Manual-Spam-Check: kha@treskal.com, clean User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On 2008-04-17 11:00:56 -0600, Patrick.Higgins@cexp.com wrote: > I read in the stgit docs that developing directly in the master > branch is discouraged by convention, but I don't really understand > why. The git tutorial shows work happening directly in master, so I > wasn't sure if that's a convention that only makes sense for stgit > or for plain git, too. It doesn't even make sense for StGit. The documentation on the StGit homepage that claims this ("As a convention, you should avoid working in the 'master' branch of a remote project and use it only as a reference, since it reflects someone else's work.") is simply horribly, horribly outdated. --=20 Karl Hasselstr=F6m, kha@treskal.com www.treskal.com/kalle