Re: Git needs a KISS

2013-04-06 Thread Alex Harui
7;ve pulled. > > - Gordon > > > -----Original Message- > From: Justin Mclean [mailto:jus...@classsoftware.com] > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 4:07 PM > To: dev@flex.apache.org > Subject: Re: Git needs a KISS > > Hi, > >> Okay, at its heart, th

RE: Git needs a KISS

2013-04-05 Thread Gordon Smith
mmit your changes before pulling in other people's changes (I think). - Gordon -Original Message- From: Justin Mclean [mailto:jus...@classsoftware.com] Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 4:07 PM To: dev@flex.apache.org Subject: Re: Git needs a KISS Hi, > Okay, at its heart, the danger

Re: Git needs a KISS

2013-04-05 Thread Robert Brendler
For those new to git ... this is a nice read: http://tom.preston-werner.com/2009/05/19/the-git-parable.html Am 06.04.2013 01:06, schrieb Justin Mclean: > Hi, > >> Okay, at its heart, the danger Fred was worried about is that, using a merge >> workflow, the person who pulls the changes needs to ma

Re: Git needs a KISS

2013-04-05 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > Okay, at its heart, the danger Fred was worried about is that, using a merge > workflow, the person who pulls the changes needs to make sure they commit all > changes... even files they didn't touch, because they 'inherit' the merge. Do you have any advice on how to get around this issue i

RE: Git needs a KISS

2013-04-05 Thread Michael A. Labriola
>I think we made a serious mistake by pushing the nvie branching model >(http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/) First, we aren't using that branching model. Not even close. That model defines a viable workflow that we use successfully on many projects open and internal (5 to

Re: Git needs a KISS

2013-04-05 Thread Om
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: > KISS = Keep It Simple, Stupid > > We've gotten ourselves in a hole where contributors are overwhelmed by the > complexity of our recommended Git workflows and command lines. We need to > dig ourselves out, and quickly, before we lose momentum

Git needs a KISS

2013-04-05 Thread Gordon Smith
KISS = Keep It Simple, Stupid We've gotten ourselves in a hole where contributors are overwhelmed by the complexity of our recommended Git workflows and command lines. We need to dig ourselves out, and quickly, before we lose momentum. I don't think we should move back to Subversion, but I thin