On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 13:49 -0800, Toshio Kuratomi wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 09:37:38PM +0000, phantomjinx wrote: > > > > > > I would recommend rebasing branches against master up until they are > > pushed, if > > required to be shared. Doing so retains a linear history on the branch and > > can > > mean the branch commits can end up being fast forwarded onto master when the > > feature is complete. > > > I'm a little leary of rebase... Everytime I've tried to use it in any > project I've managed to get my checkout in a state where I had to make > a fresh clone, do a manual diff between my old working tree and new one, and > then delete the old clone. I know that other people somehow manage to use > this successfully I've justnever managed to without disaster striking :-(
Toshio, I generally found this situation to happen when people haven't yet grokked how branches work in git. If you want I am available to get on a 1-1 session with to show how to successfully use rebases, which is the only thing I use. Simo. -- Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
