{"thread":{"id":"45465","subject":"Article on the branch strategy in gitworkflows(7)","startedAt":"2017-03-22T16:41:39Z","lastAt":"2017-05-11T15:56:22Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Raman Gupta"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"314914","messageId":"92db69d3-ca38-45da-47dc-0fb612a16e8d@gmail.com","threadId":"45465","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Article on the branch strategy in gitworkflows(7)","fromName":"Raman Gupta","fromEmail":"rocketraman@gmail.com","sentAt":"2017-03-22T16:41:07Z","receivedAt":"2017-03-22T16:41:39Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"rocketraman@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/53049?v=4"},"body":"Several years ago, I contributed [1] to the gitworkflows(7)\ndocumentation, because I thought the process by which git.git does\nbranching was really interesting.\n\nSince then, I have found it odd that gitworkflows has mostly remained\nunder the radar. Other, in my opinion, lesser flows, have become very\npopular, like GitFlow [2]. I have written an article explaining the\n\"why\" of gitworkflow in contrast to GitFlow and others:\n\nhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1cGNujRNVzeLV2SXkVlKwai6qJmlVT3LwlOsVYNr0FZo/edit?usp=sharing\n\nThis article is not published yet -- its still a DRAFT and only\nvisible via the above URL.\n\nI'd love to have input on the draft from the experts in this\ncommunity. Feel free to suggest changes and add comments in the\narticle via Google Docs.\n\nAlso, some explanatory illustrations to accompany the article would be\nexcellent, if anyone feels like contributing. Visuals are not my\nstrong suit. I'd love to include something similar to the graphic [3]\nthat was a big part of making GitFlow so popular. The article can be\npartially rewritten to match illustrations, if any are contributed.\n\n[1]\nhttps://github.com/git/git/commit/382e54312220ac02586a3cbb06b0e4eb7789f043\n\n[2] http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/\n\n[3] http://nvie.com/img/git-model@2x.png\n\nRegards,\nRaman Gupta\n"},{"id":"319410","messageId":"ba55c352-0cf8-4b89-9d12-819f129a60ee@gmail.com","threadId":"45465","inReplyTo":"92db69d3-ca38-45da-47dc-0fb612a16e8d@gmail.com","subject":"Re: Article on the branch strategy in gitworkflows(7)","fromName":"Raman Gupta","fromEmail":"rocketraman@gmail.com","sentAt":"2017-05-11T15:56:07Z","receivedAt":"2017-05-11T15:56:22Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"rocketraman@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/53049?v=4"},"body":"FYI - the article mentioned below has been published @\nhttps://medium.com/@ramangupta/how-the-creators-of-git-do-branches-e6fcc57270fb\n\nThank you to the two or three people that I know of that took the time\nto read the draft.\n\nRegards,\nRaman\n\nOn 22/03/17 12:41 PM, Raman Gupta wrote:\n> Several years ago, I contributed [1] to the gitworkflows(7)\n> documentation, because I thought the process by which git.git does\n> branching was really interesting.\n> \n> Since then, I have found it odd that gitworkflows has mostly remained\n> under the radar. Other, in my opinion, lesser flows, have become very\n> popular, like GitFlow [2]. I have written an article explaining the\n> \"why\" of gitworkflow in contrast to GitFlow and others:\n> \n> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cGNujRNVzeLV2SXkVlKwai6qJmlVT3LwlOsVYNr0FZo/edit?usp=sharing\n> \n> This article is not published yet -- its still a DRAFT and only\n> visible via the above URL.\n> \n> I'd love to have input on the draft from the experts in this\n> community. Feel free to suggest changes and add comments in the\n> article via Google Docs.\n> \n> Also, some explanatory illustrations to accompany the article would be\n> excellent, if anyone feels like contributing. Visuals are not my\n> strong suit. I'd love to include something similar to the graphic [3]\n> that was a big part of making GitFlow so popular. The article can be\n> partially rewritten to match illustrations, if any are contributed.\n> \n> [1]\n> https://github.com/git/git/commit/382e54312220ac02586a3cbb06b0e4eb7789f043\n> \n> [2] http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/\n> \n> [3] http://nvie.com/img/git-model@2x.png\n> \n> Regards,\n> Raman Gupta\n> \n\n"}]}