From: J.C. Pizarro Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:46:19 GMT Subject: Re: Question about your git habits Message-ID: <998d0e4a0802221846u795160b2r3acb0839ced74d29@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <998d0e4a0802221736q4e4c3a28l101522912f7d3caf@mail.gmail.com> 2008/2/23, Chase Venters wrote: > > ... blablabla > > My question is: If you're working on multiple things at once, do you tend to > clone the entire repository repeatedly into a series of separate working > directories and do your work there, then pull that work (possibly comprising > a series of "temporary" commits) back into a separate local master > respository with --squash, either into "master" or into a branch containing > the new feature? > > ... blablabla > > I'm using git to manage my project and I'm trying to determine the most > optimal workflow I can. I figure that I'm going to have an "official" master > repository for the project, and I want to keep the revision history clean in > that repository (ie, no messy intermediate commits that don't compile or only > implement a feature half way). I recomend you to use these complementary tools 1. google: gitk screenshots ( e.g. http://lwn.net/Articles/140350/ ) 2. google: "git-gui" screenshots ( e.g. http://www.spearce.org/2007/01/git-gui-screenshots.html ) 3. google: gitweb color meld ;)