----------------------------- On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 9:37 AM CEST Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>Ben Finney wrote: > >> "Frank Millman" <fr...@chagford.com> writes: >> >> I know there some Git experts on this list, so I hope you don't mind >> me posting this question here. >> >> I do. There may be experts on parquetry flooring in this forum, but a >> topic is not on-topic merely because some people here may know about it. > >(1) Frank labelled the post [OT] so that people not interested in off-topic >posts can filter it. > >(2) Parquetry flooring has nothing to do with Python programming, while >source control is very relevant. Asking questions about revision control is >at least as on-topic as asking what editor one should use for Python >programming, a question I note you have been known to respond to :-) > >In my opinion, objecting to Frank's question is not as friendly or helpful a >response as I believe we should aim to provide. A more friendly response >would have been to suggest that he would likely get better quality answers >by elsewhere, but without the editorialising. It's your right to have a >different opinion, of course, and you can continue to agitate for a >stricter application of on-topic questions, but I just wanted to say I >don't fully agree with your position in this matter. > >Frank, I am not a git expert, and I don't have an answer for your question, >sorry. Ben's advice to ask it elsewhere is sound. list I entirely agree with Steven. VCS is about good software craftmenship. It is just as on-topic as PEP8 is. Vcs is for code what toothpaste is for teeth. Witout it you get bad breath and code smell :-) Wrt the question: I think you should commit or stash files before switching branches. Also 'add' files to make them known to Git. I always use 'commit -a -m' to automatically stage all changed files. In short your working copy should be clean before switching branches. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
