From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A simple git workflow for the rest of us Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 19:17:26 +0100 Message-ID: <87bno8ba6h.fsf@igel.home> References: <87sihkicso.fsf@Rainer.invalid> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416075470 29989 80.91.229.3 (15 Nov 2014 18:17:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 18:17:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Achim Gratz Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 15 19:17:43 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 1Xphun-0001bi-RH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 19:17:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41512 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xphun-0003PE-Bq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:17:41 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60942) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xphue-0003Oa-UT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:17:37 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xphua-0004AY-9h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:17:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1]:51024) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xphua-0004AI-45 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:17:28 -0500 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3jg4X71M4vz3hjXq; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 19:17:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3jg4X711qvzvh2C; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 19:17:27 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1oxahTSe-TMm; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 19:17:26 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: Of0rkeZxzbYBb0Y8DpJKYkM/tZdoJ7XLDqOF+U1i24isVJAGGaDTEqaa5xSVRITc Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-93-104-152-230.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.152.230]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 19:17:26 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 281E32C2513; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 19:17:26 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: I have accepted Provolone into my life! In-Reply-To: <87sihkicso.fsf@Rainer.invalid> (Achim Gratz's message of "Sat, 15 Nov 2014 18:39:03 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1 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:177220 Archived-At: Achim Gratz writes: > Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: >> ./trunk/admin/git-new-workdir > > This doesn't exist and whether or not git-workdir or even separate > working trees is what you'll want is debatable. Personally I just > switch branches and build out-of-tree, but for something as large as > Emac I can see the utility of having separate workdirs. For Emacs it is a bit tedious to switch between branches of differing versions, due to the way the lisp libraries are handled (compiled files being places next to the sources). That often requires a rebootstrap to get things working again, even if building out-of-tree. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."