Re: developing a modified Linux-style workflow

[David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 05:24:16PM -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> (and my second post on this list...)
> 
> I've gotten pretty good at git, and its helping me already with
> managing the very odd workflows I have with the software I work a
> lot on called Pd (http://puredata.info).  My role in Pd development
> is like a Linux lieutenant.
> 
> I also the main dev for an app called Pd-extended, which is based on
> Pd.  Now I'm stuck trying to figure out how to use git to match my
> current workflow for Pd-extended, which is a kind of long-lived
> branch, almost like a friendly fork.  So its kind of close to the
> Linux workflow with me as a lieutenant, but not quite.
> 
> What makes it tricky is that I make releases directly from my repo
> that are widely used.  So my repo is both lieutenant and dictator at
> the same time.  So that's where I am stumped.  I want to be able to
> rebase and push to a public repo, but that would be stupid.  So
> there has got to be another way.

Have you considered periodically merging Pd into Pd-extended
as an alternative to rebasing?  It might even be easier to
manage in the long-term.
-- 
		David