From: Karl Hasselström Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:46:55 GMT Subject: Re: git branch diagram Message-ID: <20080418064655.GA23209@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <911589C97062424796D53B625CEC0025E460C3@USCOBRMFA-SE-70.northamerica.cexp.com> 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 is simply horribly, horribly outdated. -- Karl Hasselström, kha@treskal.com www.treskal.com/kalle