In message: <aanlktim4drh4shqmar-5tkvpwmmudx+7dmqjjc=yp...@mail.gmail.com> Juli Mallett <jmall...@freebsd.org> writes: : On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:16, M. Warner Losh <i...@bsdimp.com> wrote: : > Branching is a lot easier and saner. But there's still a cost to : > branching that must be weighed... : : As long as one isn't trying to be overly-clever in using the tools it : really isn't so bad and is about as bad as Perforce. I don't think we : should ever use the merge command to merge commits to head from a : short-lived/non-vendor branch. It really sounds like you have had an : unusually-bad experience with Subversion and I think we should try to : dissect that rather than writing off developing in branches.
The tbemd branch has been a pita to keep going as long as I've had to... : I haven't had any significant problems with merging from head to my : branch until I reached the level of having dozens of files and : directories added in my branch originally and then looped-back from : head. yea. I'll admit that part of my angst is from the projects/mips tree, which did get somewhat out of hand. : I, like Adrian, tend to do very sort of incremental work and lots of : little commits to break up my progress (and to have lots of points to : revert to.) It has generally been my understanding that we frown on : doing that sort of thing in head. I don't see the point of generating : an E-Mail to everyone who reads the commit lists to add a small, : unused header file, except in very occasional circumstances. I think : that's a great level of detail to work at in a branch. Yea, perforce will generate mail only for those that opt in... Warner _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"