Re: branch versioning

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 4, 2010, 14:16 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTikSpWhrtyAv73b=SQmUM0oTpVKWLgr16oUfrjXH@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinR31x9NrsHoDt3UQ8w=hioPGtkQDkQ-5bSNW69@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 13:50, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:

> OK. Thanks for the information. I'll try my best to stay away from
> your repo :-D. Seriously, how can you select a branch out of those 123
> branches? Does git-branch support regex matching or.. (looked up
> git-branch.txt, no it does not)

I usually only have 1-4 branches active at any one point, so it doesn't get too bad.

I also have a special tag in my E-Mail folder for patches that Junio hasn't picked up yet or those that I need to work on. It's currently at around 200 patches :)

I mostly select branches with Emacs's magit which has a fuzzy regex based selector. "git branch -a | grep ..." also works.

It also helps to use long descriptive branch names, e.g.:

  run-partial-expensive-git-notes-test-everywhere
  run-partial-expensive-git-notes-test-everywhere-v2