Re: [Q] Branch aliases (synonyms)?
On Tuesday 03-July-2012 08:29:26 Michael Haggerty wrote:
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> On 07/03/2012 03:40 PM, Brian Foster wrote:
> > On Tuesday 03-July-2012 05:23:29 Hallvard Breien Furuseth wrote:
> >> E.g. if it's hard to teach developers to switch
> >> from B to A, a hook which rejects pushes to B might help.
> >
> > Whilst we _may_ have problems with some of the
> > internal developers [...], the concern is about the
> > external users (clients who clone but never push)
> > becoming confused. Hence the requirement about
> > continuing to use the same branch name as you are
> > used to using. That's it! It's that simple.
>
> Maybe create a new branch B (an orphan commit unconnected
> to the old branch B) with a single README file telling the
> person that from now on they should be using branch A.
Hum.... This idea, at first glance, looks
extremely intriguing (with, perhaps, the minor
tweak there is also a ‘Makefile’ which shows
the ‘READ_ME’ and then always “fails” — That
would fit better into how the overall system
works / is typically used). I will run it by
my colleagues, and if they think it can fly,
will try some tests. Many Thanks!
cheers!
-blf-
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Brian Foster
Principal MTS, Software | La Ciotat, France
Maxim Integrated Products | Web: http://www.maxim-ic.com/