On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Otis Gospodnetic < otis.gospodne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2 Qs from a Git noob: > * PRs are a *Github* thing, not a Git thing, right? > Yes, or some Github workalike, of which there are many. > * Don't PRs suffer from the same problem as patches in JIRA - if nobody > acts on them for a while they get stale? Or is this where some Git magic > comes in and a developer can very quickly and easily bring the patch in the > PR up to date? > They're about as good as svn branches, which means they carry the provenance of the changes with them, which can help when applying the changes and doing merges. I believe git does a better job of this, but that's just my vague recollection. But one of the design goals of git was faster and better merging, so I feel confident enough in saying that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_%28software%29 "Git supports rapid branching and merging, and includes specific tools for visualizing and navigating a non-linear development history. A core assumption in Git is that a change will be merged more often than it is written, as it is passed around various reviewers." Michael Della Bitta Applications Developer o: +1 646 532 3062 | c: +1 917 477 7906 appinions inc. “The Science of Influence Marketing” 18 East 41st Street New York, NY 10017 t: @appinions <https://twitter.com/Appinions> | g+: plus.google.com/appinions<https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/112002776285509593336/112002776285509593336/posts> w: appinions.com <http://www.appinions.com/>
