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Re: Bootstrapping into git, commit gripes at me

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MSMarc Singer <elf@buici.com>
Date
Jul 12, 2005, 05:12 UTC
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<20050712051235.GA10930@buici.com>
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On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 09:59:25PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Marc Singer wrote:
> > 
> > Does it make sense to think about this branch as an flow of commits?
> > Or is it just a starting point for a line of development?
> 
> It's really a flow of commits. Nothing will ever really remember what the 
> starting point was at some later date if you have done commits, and the 
> branch will always follow the _head_ of development on that branch.
That's the important detail.

As an aside, we (a vary large set of developers) have been using SCM tools for how-many-freakin-years and only now am I seeing something sane. Cheers.

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Message 14 of 33 in “Bootstrapping into git, commit gripes at me”
  1. Marc SingerJul 8, 2005
  2. Linus TorvaldsJul 9, 2005
  3. Marc SingerJul 11, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2005
  6. Linus TorvaldsJul 12, 2005
  7. Linus TorvaldsJul 12, 2005
  8. Marc SingerJul 12, 2005
  9. Linus TorvaldsJul 12, 2005
  10. Linus TorvaldsJul 12, 2005
  11. Linus TorvaldsJul 12, 2005
  12. Marc SingerJul 12, 2005
  13. Linus TorvaldsJul 12, 2005
  14. Marc SingerJul 12, 2005
  15. Petr BaudisJul 12, 2005
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2005
  17. Matthias UrlichsJul 12, 2005
  18. Petr BaudisJul 24, 2005
  19. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2005
  20. Linus TorvaldsJul 12, 2005
  21. Petr BaudisAug 12, 2005
  22. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2005
  23. Linus TorvaldsJul 12, 2005
  24. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2005
  25. Linus TorvaldsJul 12, 2005
  26. Marc SingerJul 12, 2005
  27. Daniel BarkalowJul 12, 2005
  28. Linus TorvaldsJul 11, 2005
  29. Marc SingerJul 9, 2005
  30. Matthias UrlichsJul 9, 2005
  31. Petr BaudisJul 10, 2005
  32. Marc SingerJul 9, 2005
  33. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2005

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