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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Allow users to require source branch on git-checkout -b.

From
Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Dec 8, 2006, 06:19 UTC
Message-ID
<20061208061916.GF13999@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To
<20061208060850.GE5939@fieldses.org>
"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> wrote:
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> On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 12:59:38AM -0500, Shawn Pearce wrote:
> > Its in the prompt for all of these users; I forced it in as part of
> > the system's /etc/profile.d.  They just forget that they should think
> > about where they should start their branch from before they make it.
> 
> Maybe they don't really want to use topic branches at all?  Could they
> get away with just committing everything to master?  Seems like kind of
> a shame, though.  Hm.
Good idea.  But...

No, because they are working on at least two different unrelated changes at once, and we aren't sure which will graduate into the testing environment first. If the unrelated changes are intermingled on the same branch then moving one moves both; and often at least one of those unrelated changes isn't functioning right and could cause headaches for the testing team.

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Message 10 of 12 in “Allow users to require source branch on git-checkout -b.”
  1. 1/2 Allow users to require source branch on git-checkout -b.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 7, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2006
  3. Shawn PearceDec 7, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2006
  5. J. Bruce FieldsDec 7, 2006
  6. Shawn PearceDec 7, 2006
  7. J. Bruce FieldsDec 8, 2006
  8. Shawn PearceDec 8, 2006
  9. J. Bruce FieldsDec 8, 2006
  10. Shawn PearceDec 8, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2006
  12. J. Bruce FieldsDec 8, 2006

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