Re: [PATCH] Clarification for the command "git checkout <branch>"

From: Markus Elfring <markus.elfring@web.de>
Date: Mar 20, 2010, 06:00 UTC
Message-ID: <4BA46469.7020800@web.de>
In-Reply-To: <32541b131003191017rdc4e87fgcc4fabc76e0709be@mail.gmail.com>

> Commits cost almost exactly zero.

The storage costs are negligible. I am more concerned about unwanted work flow effects because a modification might be committed and suddenly merged too early.

>     git commit -a -m 'FIXME temporary'

The specified message is not independent from a language. I see also a potential for typos by this approach which will make it harder to distinguish non-temporary commits from the real ones.

Regards, Markus

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