From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New sync'd branch Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:25:33 -0400 Message-ID: References: <878wh9qaku.fsf@sphinx.net.ru> <83praic5r5.fsf@gnu.org> <83d46gcnsb.fsf@gnu.org> <87ocq0l2hw.fsf@iki.fi> <83ab1kcmi5.fsf@gnu.org> <877hwom4og.fsf@telefonica.net> <878wh47z7z.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87y6p3luq3.fsf@telefonica.net> <87eiqv7mxm.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87prafliq3.fsf@telefonica.net> <87d46f56nn.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251559555 30238 80.91.229.12 (29 Aug 2009 15:25:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:25:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 29 17:25:48 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MhPoK-0006TH-3o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:25:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47392 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MhPoJ-0000do-E5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:25:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MhPoD-0000df-Pw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:25:41 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MhPo8-0000cn-PL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:25:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41625 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MhPo8-0000ch-MM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:25:36 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:6170 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MhPo7-0006Y3-1s; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:25:35 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AmYFAKPlmEpFpYuS/2dsb2JhbACBU9R2hBoFh2g X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,296,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="44485534" Original-Received: from 69-165-139-146.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([69.165.139.146]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 29 Aug 2009 11:24:33 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id BA523B40F3; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:25:33 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87d46f56nn.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:08:28 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:114835 Archived-At: > If I screw up my personal branch, there won't be a copy upstream that I > can revert to. That's what "personal branch" is all about. In git, I > can revert my personal branch to its version of two hours ago without > ever bothering upstream, either read or write. I can reconstitute _my_ > branch. This property is shared by all VCSes of interest. In any case: please stop this thread (or move it elsewhere, /dev/null being the most productive place for it). Stefan