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Re: question concerning branches

From
Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Date
Aug 20, 2009, 17:37 UTC
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<20090820173714.GD7076@mit.edu>
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<200908192257.23347.jnareb@gmail.com>
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:57:21PM +0200, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> Errr... you are aware that you can use "git stash save <message>" (i.e. 
> specify commit message for stash; well, the subject), don't you?

I wasn't aware, but usually I like leaving more notes to myself than just a single lines' worth of state. I should probably take another look at "git stash" and see if it's a handy tool for me to use; but so far I've been happy enough with "git checkout -b topic-name; git commit".

						- Ted
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  1. Ingo BruecklAug 19, 2009
  2. Bruce StephensAug 19, 2009
  3. Avery PennarunAug 19, 2009
  4. Ingo BruecklAug 19, 2009
  5. Jakub NarebskiAug 19, 2009
  6. Ingo BruecklAug 19, 2009
  7. Avery PennarunAug 19, 2009
  8. Matthieu MoyAug 20, 2009
  9. Jacob HelwigAug 19, 2009
  10. Jakub NarebskiAug 19, 2009
  11. Theodore TsoAug 19, 2009
  12. Jakub NarebskiAug 19, 2009
  13. Theodore TsoAug 20, 2009
  14. Linus TorvaldsAug 19, 2009
  15. Randal L. SchwartzAug 20, 2009
  16. Ingo BruecklAug 20, 2009
  17. Johannes SixtAug 20, 2009
  18. Jakub NarebskiAug 20, 2009
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2009
  20. Ingo BruecklAug 19, 2009
  21. Andreas EricssonAug 20, 2009

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