On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:38:03 +0100, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote: > Hi folks! > > This is a friendly request for D core devs to use 'git pull --rebase' > instead of just plain 'git pull' when pulling remote changes into local > repositories. The reason for this is that it takes any outstanding > commits in your local tree, unrolls them, pulls in the remote changes, > and reapplies your local commits *without creating a merge commit*. This > helps keep history clean and easier to navigate, making everyone's life > that much easier. :) > > For example: > > $ git commit -m "my local stuff" > $ git pull --rebase origin master > $ git push origin master > Obviously I'm in a grumpy mood today, but isn't all this VCS stuff somewhat off-topic? It certainly seems to be growing in volume.
This is the digitalmars.D group. Seems that we need a digitalmars.D.process group as well. The first (long) posting might well be some kind of explanation of what the process is. Steve