Re: How to Merge Unstable Branch (was: [POLL] Use Unstable Branch)

2012-08-09 Thread Alex Harui
On 8/9/12 12:00 AM, "Omar Gonzalez" wrote: >> >> >>> My ultimate first choice would be to get this project on Git. :) >> Maybe I'm missing something, but my read of the article was that the >> "develop" branch was the same as "unstable" and is even more restrictive >> about checkins to trunk

Re: How to Merge Unstable Branch (was: [POLL] Use Unstable Branch)

2012-08-09 Thread Omar Gonzalez
> > > > My ultimate first choice would be to get this project on Git. :) > Maybe I'm missing something, but my read of the article was that the > "develop" branch was the same as "unstable" and is even more restrictive > about checkins to trunk than I was thinking. It just seems to want to use > e

Re: How to Merge Unstable Branch (was: [POLL] Use Unstable Branch)

2012-08-08 Thread Alex Harui
On 8/8/12 7:03 PM, "Omar Gonzalez" wrote: > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Justin Mclean wrote: > >> Hi, >> >>> It would be more like option two, the always branch system. Features, >>> fixes, releases, are always done off branches. >> I would not be against that, I don't like the overhead

Re: How to Merge Unstable Branch (was: [POLL] Use Unstable Branch)

2012-08-08 Thread Om
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Justin Mclean wrote: > Hi, > > > I would use the name "alt-trunk" instead of "unstable" for the other > > branch. Every rule that applies to trunk would apply to the alt-trunk > > branch. > The issue I see is having one single branch not the name. You would be > fi

Re: How to Merge Unstable Branch (was: [POLL] Use Unstable Branch)

2012-08-08 Thread Omar Gonzalez
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Justin Mclean wrote: > Hi, > > > It would be more like option two, the always branch system. Features, > > fixes, releases, are always done off branches. > I would not be against that, I don't like the overhead and complexity it > brings compared to working in trunk

Re: How to Merge Unstable Branch (was: [POLL] Use Unstable Branch)

2012-08-08 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > It would be more like option two, the always branch system. Features, > fixes, releases, are always done off branches. I would not be against that, I don't like the overhead and complexity it brings compared to working in trunk, but it doesn't have the issues that a single unstable branch

Re: How to Merge Unstable Branch (was: [POLL] Use Unstable Branch)

2012-08-08 Thread Omar Gonzalez
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Justin Mclean wrote: > Hi, > > > This is an example of a good branching model: > > http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ > > Yep and it uses multiple branches (ie equiv to option 3 in the SVN link I > posted earlier) not a single branch as suggeste

Re: How to Merge Unstable Branch (was: [POLL] Use Unstable Branch)

2012-08-08 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > This is an example of a good branching model: > http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ Yep and it uses multiple branches (ie equiv to option 3 in the SVN link I posted earlier) not a single branch as suggested we use for Flex. Justin

Re: How to Merge Unstable Branch (was: [POLL] Use Unstable Branch)

2012-08-08 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > I would use the name "alt-trunk" instead of "unstable" for the other > branch. Every rule that applies to trunk would apply to the alt-trunk > branch. The issue I see is having one single branch not the name. You would be fine with the multi step step check in process (with unresolved issu

Re: How to Merge Unstable Branch (was: [POLL] Use Unstable Branch)

2012-08-08 Thread Omar Gonzalez
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Alex Harui wrote: > > > > On 8/8/12 3:19 PM, "Justin Mclean" wrote: > > > No one has yet answered this: > > How can you merge from unstable to trunk persons A changes when the > unstable > > branch contains persons A, B, C, D, E and F changes and each person may >

Re: How to Merge Unstable Branch (was: [POLL] Use Unstable Branch)

2012-08-08 Thread Om
Right now, very few people in this list have an idea of how complicated the Flex codebase in trunk is. We dont even know how to run a single test if we make a change a simple component. As a group, we are not ready to start throwing code into trunk. I would use the name "alt-trunk" instead of "

Re: How to Merge Unstable Branch (was: [POLL] Use Unstable Branch)

2012-08-08 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > For those using eclipse, has anyone ever tried CollabNet eclipse plugin? > It's from the same guys that created subclipse. Their interface makes all > this merge process smoother and can even prevent you from merging if you > don't follow SVN best practices. If we go with a single unstable b

Re: How to Merge Unstable Branch (was: [POLL] Use Unstable Branch)

2012-08-08 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, >> How can you merge from unstable to trunk persons A changes when the unstable >> branch contains persons A, B, C, D, E and F changes and each person may of >> made multiple check ins at different (overlapping) times? > You specify the revision number in the merge command. And if they made mu

Re: How to Merge Unstable Branch (was: [POLL] Use Unstable Branch)

2012-08-08 Thread João Fernandes
For those using eclipse, has anyone ever tried CollabNet eclipse plugin? It's from the same guys that created subclipse. Their interface makes all this merge process smoother and can even prevent you from merging if you don't follow SVN best practices. Regarding merging between different branches,