GIT is really a very good tool. I use it locally and for other
projects. However, it does change the work flow of development.

My 2 cents

Raul

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:14:57 -0500
Ean Schuessler <e...@brainfood.com> wrote:

> Adrian Crum wrote:
> > I share some of the frustration Tim expressed, but at the same time
> > I really appreciate the valuable contributions your company has
> > made to the project.
> >
> > All I would ask is that you spend a little more time reviewing code
> > and testing it before committing it. 
> Which brings up back to the value of the GIT-based pull-oriented 
> workflow. In the Linux kernel when someone has a feature they say 
> "people come checkout my repo for the cool thing I did" and people go 
> examine the work. The code doesn't go into someone's tree until they 
> already approve of it. If they have a complain they might say "fix X,
> Y and Z and I will merge in your code".
> 
> This way, if someone finds a "sloppier" workflow productive... so be
> it. It may not get merged until they fix it up or someone works with
> them to fix it up and it finally meets approval. The value is, people
> who are not bothered by the sloppy workflow might work fast and loose
> to prototype up some new feature.

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