On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 10:14 AM Ask Hjorth Larsen via desktop-devel-list <desktop-devel-l...@gnome.org> wrote: > > Am Mi., 24. Apr. 2019 um 13:57 Uhr schrieb Michael Gratton <m...@vee.net>: > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 13:31, Daniel Mustieles García > > <daniel.mustie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > So hardcoding the name "mainline" to the list of branches that Damned > > > Lies' looks up resolves the problem for you... and tomorrow another > > > maintainer decides to rename it's master branch to > > > whatever_non_offensive_name and DL breaks again until a patch is > > > submited... no, sorry but this is not a solution for this. > > > > I agree, which is why I have been working to fix it places where it's > > hard coded. > > When actually working on the project, you probably type the branch > name now and then. This means you need to be aware of it - it is a > piece of information which must reside within your short-term memory. > This is not a problem if you work on one project. It is a problem if > you work on hundreds of projects. Then you need to run things like > git branch and git status, read the output, and decide what to type > based on that. A good workflow seeks to minimize the risk that humans > make mistakes, and that means making things as simple as possible. > Please do not remove this particular piece of simplicity from our > lives.
Hi Ask, Note that you don't need to script this kind of stuff, if you use the following tricks: # 1. This creates a symbolic link from master to mainline, which solves your problem already. $ git symbolic-ref refs/heads/master refs/heads/mainline # 2. This worfklow doesn't even need you to specify a branch if you start from mainline/master $ git checkout -b feature/.... # work, work, work and commit # If you no longer want to continue on this branch, you can go back to the previous one with $ git checkout - Also note that cloning Geary will immediately take you to the default branch of the remote (so no need to specify 'mainline' or anything). > I can also script my way out of this for most of the tasks I need to > do. But inconsistencies have never made life easier in computing, and > this is an inconsistency which we could simply choose not to deal > with. We _could_, but if we want to (which is still Mike's decision as maintainer of Geary), we can. Every change has its trade-offs, and given the work Mike has put into this to make it a smooth(er) transition, I'd say there is little inconsistency left to care about. At least it would take less time then all the mails I (in hindsight regrettably) read on d-d-l. Kind regards, Niels > Best regards > Ask > > > > > //Mike > > > > -- > > ⊨ Michael Gratton, Percept Wrangler. > > ⚙ <http://mjog.vee.net/> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-i18n mailing list > > gnome-i18n@gnome.org > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-l...@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
