From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: VC mode and git Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 03:05:00 +0900 Message-ID: <87bnjbk7cj.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> References: <86egoeusg2.fsf@example.com> <87384qzxqy.fsf@igel.home> <87h9t4kcaq.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <83pp7rzvq8.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427652320 18780 80.91.229.3 (29 Mar 2015 18:05:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 18:05:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: sva-news@mygooglest.com, schwab@suse.de, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 29 20:05:15 2015 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 1YcHaC-0002Tm-Fb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2015 20:05:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57842 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YcHaB-00055p-Kk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2015 14:05:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57604) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YcHa8-00055L-8w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2015 14:05:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YcHa7-000879-Ie for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2015 14:05:08 -0400 Original-Received: from shako.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp ([130.158.97.161]:51827) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YcHa3-0007mp-8c; Sun, 29 Mar 2015 14:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp [130.158.99.156]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by shako.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 683D71C3860; Mon, 30 Mar 2015 03:05:00 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3F9ED120EC9; Mon, 30 Mar 2015 03:05:00 +0900 (JST) In-Reply-To: <83pp7rzvq8.fsf@gnu.org> X-Mailer: VM undefined under 21.5 (beta34) "kale" 83e5c3cd6be6 XEmacs Lucid (x86_64-unknown-linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 130.158.97.161 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:184521 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > And the other workflow, the one written by Karl and Stephen, > suggested a bound branch from the get-go, It did, but I don't see your point. The bound branch was used only for collecting commits; it was intended to be a perfect mirror of the remote (public) repository at all times. In that sense it plays a role similar to git's remote tracking branch, although the mechanics and timing of synchronization are rather different. The fact that it was bound was a convenience. (It eliminated a "push" that would otherwise have been necessary. But it is easy to implement the same basic workflow without bound branches. I use it in Mercurial workspaces, for example.) But you didn't edit files in that branch. In a CVS-like workflow, on the other hand, one works "in" the bound branch.