Re: coming from git, understanding mercurial branching

2013-09-07 Thread Felipe Contreras
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Tim Chase g...@tim.thechases.com wrote: On 2013-09-06 17:51, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: I found this guide [1] very useful back in the time I tried to grok Mercurial. 1. http://stevelosh.com/blog/2009/08/a-guide-to-branching-in-mercurial/ I've written

Re: coming from git, understanding mercurial branching

2013-09-06 Thread Tim Chase
On 2013-09-06 12:39, Tay Ray Chuan wrote: First: recognize Mercurial's branches are entirely different beasts from Git's. They just happen to be given a same sequence of characters, b-r-a-n-c-h. The similarities end there! Yeah, I'm trying to create a mental map between what Git means by

Re: coming from git, understanding mercurial branching

2013-09-06 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Thu, 5 Sep 2013 21:27:14 -0500 Tim Chase g...@tim.thechases.com wrote: [...] Do any git users here have good understanding Mercurial branches for the git user resources they've found helpful when working with Mercurial? Preferably a for dummies resource with illustrations comparison

Re: coming from git, understanding mercurial branching

2013-09-06 Thread Philip Oakley
From: Konstantin Khomoutov flatw...@users.sourceforge.net To: Tim Chase g...@tim.thechases.com On Thu, 5 Sep 2013 21:27:14 -0500 Tim Chase g...@tim.thechases.com wrote: [...] Do any git users here have good understanding Mercurial branches for the git user resources they've found helpful when

Re: coming from git, understanding mercurial branching

2013-09-06 Thread Tim Chase
On 2013-09-06 17:51, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: I found this guide [1] very useful back in the time I tried to grok Mercurial. 1. http://stevelosh.com/blog/2009/08/a-guide-to-branching-in-mercurial/ Indeed, after reading it, that's the most sense I've been able to make of Mercurial's

coming from git, understanding mercurial branching

2013-09-05 Thread Tim Chase
I've got a pretty good grasp on git's rather straightforward branching, but am trying to wrap my head around Mercurial's branching. There seem to be several flavors, some default to push-public, while others are private; some are tracked in history, while others seem more ephemeral; often the

Re: coming from git, understanding mercurial branching

2013-09-05 Thread Tay Ray Chuan
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Tim Chase g...@tim.thechases.com wrote: I've got a pretty good grasp on git's rather straightforward branching, but am trying to wrap my head around Mercurial's branching. There seem to be several flavors, some default to push-public, while others are private;