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Re: What are branches?

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Apr 20, 2009, 14:25 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0904201621290.6771@intel-tinevez-2-302>
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<20090420132414.GD25059@dpotapov.dyndns.org>
Hi,
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Dmitry Potapov wrote:
> When you create a new commit, it is always belong to _one_ branch and 
> never to two or more branches.

Certainly you forgot about detached HEADs? And about the ability to create new branches which point to the _exact_ same commit as other branches? And about the option to delete the original branch, not removing the commit, or the other branches, at all?

No, this all shows: we _have_ a different branch model from most other VCSes, and we _obviously_ make that not clear enough.

Meaning, we should point out that our branches are different, _and_ we should describe the light-weighted nature of them better in our documentation (especially the tutorials).

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Johannes SchindelinApr 19, 2009
  2. Michael WittenApr 19, 2009
  3. Tuncer AyazApr 19, 2009
  4. Johannes SchindelinApr 19, 2009
  5. Tuncer AyazApr 19, 2009
  6. Dmitry PotapovApr 20, 2009
  7. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2009
  8. Dmitry PotapovApr 20, 2009
  9. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2009
  10. Dmitry PotapovApr 20, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2009
  12. Marius VollmerApr 20, 2009
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2009
  14. Dmitry PotapovApr 21, 2009
  15. Johannes SchindelinApr 20, 2009
  16. Björn SteinbrinkApr 20, 2009
  17. Jakub NarebskiApr 20, 2009
  18. Björn SteinbrinkApr 20, 2009
  19. Jakub NarebskiApr 24, 2009
  20. Björn SteinbrinkApr 24, 2009
  21. Dmitry PotapovApr 20, 2009
  22. Johannes SchindelinApr 20, 2009
  23. Michał KiedrowiczApr 20, 2009
  24. Dmitry PotapovApr 20, 2009
  25. Björn SteinbrinkApr 20, 2009
  26. Brian GernhardtApr 20, 2009
  27. Felipe ContrerasApr 25, 2009
  28. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2009

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