From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Rewriting bzrmerge.el Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 21:49:53 +0200 Message-ID: <83lhn1r926.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20141027000718.F09B5382A66@snark.thyrsus.com> <87bno8y0rt.fsf_-_@engster.org> <871tp4xx4i.fsf@engster.org> <87tx20whtq.fsf@engster.org> <87lhn4rx0v.fsf@engster.org> <838uj3tztm.fsf@gnu.org> <87egsvrz6e.fsf@engster.org> <83mw7jrxt9.fsf@gnu.org> <87a93jrw83.fsf@engster.org> <83ioi7rn9o.fsf@gnu.org> <87389brle1.fsf@engster.org> <83r3wtrekk.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416772212 31267 80.91.229.3 (23 Nov 2014 19:50:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 19:50:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Steinar Bang Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 23 20:50:05 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XsdAa-0004Z1-RM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:50:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49835 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsdAa-0002UD-BR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 14:50:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40265) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsdAP-0002Mi-Mj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 14:49:59 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsdAJ-0004dX-4k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 14:49:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout25.012.net.il ([80.179.55.181]:51531) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsdAI-0004dM-T0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 14:49:47 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout25.012.net.il by mtaout25.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NFI00600BSMO200@mtaout25.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 21:45:23 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout25.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NFI000LSC7NRF60@mtaout25.012.net.il>; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 21:45:23 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.181 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:178117 Archived-At: > From: Steinar Bang > Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 19:40:40 +0100 > > > The clone is needed to actually work on the release branch, without > > having to bootstrap it each time you "git checkout" it. > > I know. > > The bare repo referred above to is for transferring a branch between two > separate clones on local disk. What for? Just "git pull" in the other clone will do that, easier and with fewer complications. > The snipped procedure shows how to create that local repository, and how > to push a branch from one clone and merge it into a branch in the other > clone. I don't think it's a good idea to recommend such procedures for Git newbies. The potential for mistakes is too high, IMO.