Working on master and branch_release-1-8 in the same repository

Working on master and branch_release-1-8 in the same repository

[Neil Jerram]

I find that when switching from master to branch_release-1-8, I
usually need to do a complete rebuild (i.e. make distclean, autogen,
configure, make, make check).  Do others find this too, or is there
something clever I can do to avoid it and still be sure that I'm
getting correct builds?

Thanks,
     Neil

Re: Working on master and branch_release-1-8 in the same repository

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

"Neil Jerram" <neiljerram@googlemail.com> writes:

> I find that when switching from master to branch_release-1-8, I
> usually need to do a complete rebuild (i.e. make distclean, autogen,
> configure, make, make check).  Do others find this too, or is there
> something clever I can do to avoid it and still be sure that I'm
> getting correct builds?

I use `ccache', which helps reduce the time needed to recompile.

I found that, for some reason, running `autoreconf' is only needed when
switching from 1.8 to `master', otherwise a failure is hit in
`socket.test', typically.

Of course, another solution is to store each branch in a separate
directory.

Thanks,
Ludo'.

Re: Working on master and branch_release-1-8 in the same repository

[Neil Jerram]

2008/6/10 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>:
> Hi,
>
> "Neil Jerram" <neiljerram@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> I find that when switching from master to branch_release-1-8, I
>> usually need to do a complete rebuild (i.e. make distclean, autogen,
>> configure, make, make check).  Do others find this too, or is there
>> something clever I can do to avoid it and still be sure that I'm
>> getting correct builds?
>
> I use `ccache', which helps reduce the time needed to recompile.

Thanks, that looks interesting, I'll try it.

> Of course, another solution is to store each branch in a separate
> directory.

Do you mean as separate (cloned) Git repositories?  If not, what
exactly do you mean?

Regards,
         Neil

Re: Working on master and branch_release-1-8 in the same repository

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

"Neil Jerram" <neiljerram@googlemail.com> writes:

> 2008/6/10 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>:

>> Of course, another solution is to store each branch in a separate
>> directory.
>
> Do you mean as separate (cloned) Git repositories?

Yes.  Either cloned from the Savannah repository, or mutually cloned.
This is what one typically does when using CVS/SVN, but it requires more
disk space.

Thanks,
Ludovic.

Re: Working on master and branch_release-1-8 in the same repository

[Neil Jerram]

2008/6/23 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>:
>
> Yes.  Either cloned from the Savannah repository, or mutually cloned.
> This is what one typically does when using CVS/SVN, but it requires more
> disk space.

Thanks, I'll try things out.

     Neil