developing a modified Linux-style workflow

Hey all,

(and my second post on this list...)

I've gotten pretty good at git, and its helping me already with managing the very odd workflows I have with the software I work a lot on called Pd (http://puredata.info). My role in Pd development is like a Linux lieutenant.

I also the main dev for an app called Pd-extended, which is based on Pd. Now I'm stuck trying to figure out how to use git to match my current workflow for Pd-extended, which is a kind of long-lived branch, almost like a friendly fork. So its kind of close to the Linux workflow with me as a lieutenant, but not quite.

What makes it tricky is that I make releases directly from my repo that are widely used. So my repo is both lieutenant and dictator at the same time. So that's where I am stumped. I want to be able to rebase and push to a public repo, but that would be stupid. So there has got to be another way.

.hc

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