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Re: git branch diagram

From
Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date
Apr 18, 2008, 06:46 UTC
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<20080418064655.GA23209@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>
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On 2008-04-17 11:00:56 -0600, Patrick.Higgins@cexp.com wrote:
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> 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 is simply horribly, horribly outdated.

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  2. Sitaram ChamartyApr 18, 2008
  3. Roman V. ShaposhnikApr 18, 2008
  4. Karl HasselströmApr 18, 2008
  5. Fedor SergeevApr 18, 2008
  6. Matt GrahamApr 18, 2008
  7. Jakub NarebskiApr 21, 2008
  8. Matt GrahamApr 21, 2008
  9. Jakub NarebskiApr 21, 2008
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