Setting a tag seems like the best way. git tag mytagname git push origin mytagname
then do whatever you want. On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 4:10 PM, OmPrakash Muppirala <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe this will work (based on this stackoverflow answer [1]) > > 1. Move the code to its own branch. > > 2. Then tag the branch: > git tag archive/<branchname> <branchname> > > 3. Then delete the branch > git branch -d <branchname> > > To restore the branch: > > git checkout -b <branchname> archive/<branchname> > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1307114/how-can-i-archive-git-branches > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Michael Schmalle < > teotigraphix...@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > Can't you just create a tag like "Last know existence of FalconJS" commit > > then delete. Or were other people saying they still wanted to code > > somewhere, seems to me that was some of the conversation. > > > > Mike > > > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > > > Does anybody have an actual set of steps to create some sort of > archival > > > branch or can I just delete this project? > > > > > > -Alex > > > > > > On 12/21/15, 7:50 AM, "Michael Schmalle" <teotigraphix...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > >Well garbage is relative. I didn't mean it in a derogatory way, only > > that > > > >the original authors were the ones that could understand it. > > > > > > > >As far as FlaconJX, I wrote that as a prototype based off of my prior > > > >experience with AST traversing and the visitor pattern. That was > almost > > 3 > > > >years ago now so as far as it actually getting refactored on an > > > >application > > > >level with compilation unit passes, it never happened! :) > > > > > > > >When iw rote the front and backend I was more using the Flex compiler > > as a > > > >template, and was slowing digesting how the multithreaded compilation > > > >worked in Falcon. > > > > > > > >It that compiler was a full time/part time paid job for myself I could > > > >easily put time into actually optimizing and documenting how the > > > >compiler(Falcon) end actually runs. But that is not the case so we > have > > to > > > >guess right now what actually could be changed. > > > > > > > >Besides, my solution was just one and there may be other ways that the > > > >compiler could transpile as to js way faster but it's what I knew at > the > > > >time and had already done it in a few other projects. > > > > > > > >Mike > > > > > > > >On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > >> @Harbs, > > > >> > > > >> I don't know enough about Git and branching to know if this is the > > right > > > >> way to "archive" stuff before deleting, but I would think that > branch > > > >> would need special handling after it is created because any attempt > to > > > >> merge with that branch might result in the deletion of that code. > > > >> > > > >> @Mark & Mike, > > > >> > > > >> Where would you create such an archive folder such that it doesn't > > show > > > >>up > > > >> when grep-ing the code? IMO, that's the goal: on GitHub and > locally, > > I > > > >> don't want these files to be found by search tools. > > > >> > > > >> @Mike, > > > >> > > > >> I would caution against calling that code base "garbage". It worked > > > >>well > > > >> enough to produce the early prototypes, and you never know when we > > might > > > >> want to seek the advice and participation of its author. Yeah, some > > > >>parts > > > >> of it were really hard to learn, but it did do things that I had to > go > > > >>fix > > > >> again in FalconJX, and I think FalconJX still runs several of the > > phases > > > >> of the CompilationUnit code that we may need to stop doing some day > > for > > > >> performance reasons and go through another round of bug fixing when > we > > > >>do, > > > >> because semantic errors seem to be caught during reduction. > FalconJS > > > >>was > > > >> leveraging the CompilationUnit phases. > > > >> > > > >> -Alex > > > >> > > > >> On 12/21/15, 3:27 AM, "Michael Schmalle" <teotigraphix...@gmail.com > > > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> >Yup, I agree, it doesn't really need to be deleted but it needs to > be > > > >>so > > > >> >far away from FalconJX that a common dev wouldn't mistake it for > > > >>anything > > > >> >other than archived history. > > > >> > > > > >> >The code is garbage, another reason why FalconJX even exists, I > hated > > > >>that > > > >> >code with a passion. :) > > > >> > > > > >> >Mike > > > >> > > > > >> >On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 6:03 AM, Kessler CTR Mark J < > > > >> >mark.kessler....@usmc.mil> wrote: > > > >> > > > > >> >> Might as well make an archive folder that's generic and we can > put > > > >> >> anything else we want to keep but don't want in the main source > > > >>areas. > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> -Mark > > > >> >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > >
