I am planning on making a few more changes, so it would indeed help to have a feature branch.
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Julian Maughan <[email protected]> wrote: > The best we could do is create a feature branch, and give you commit > access....but since you've already made all your changes there probably > isn't much value in it? > > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Aaron Boxer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> so, I've submitted a patch to JIRA, and the changes are sizeable. Now, >> while I wait for someone >> to review the patch and perhaps check them into the trunk, I am >> essentially not using source control: >> if I change a file affected by the patch, I cannot make a commit and >> store in a commit message why >> I made the change. If the patch goes in, it will be a big ball of code >> with no history; I will have to remember >> what I changed and why, a long time after the fact. >> >> If I was using a DCVS, I could commit all I liked to my local repo, >> storing up a history of my changes, and this would >> be available when the changes were pulled in. >> >> This is very frustrating. I think it makes it a lot harder to develop >> patches when you are not a committer. And it >> reduces the quality of the review process, because the history is not >> there. >> >> Gentlemen, the time has come for a better way! > >
