Re: Workflow for templates?

[Josef Wolf <jw@raven.inka.de>]

No suggestions on this one?

On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:44:04AM +0100, Josef Wolf wrote:
> I am somewhat unsure whether it would work this way. After all, there seems to
> be an unbreakable rule with git: never rebase published branches.
> 
> Thus, once I have published my work to other people who also need to work on
> the same localizations as I do, I have no longer the option of rebasing to get
> rid of the localizations and put the generic template stuff for upstream.
> 
> I guess, my concern is because I have not yet fully understood the problems of
> rebasing, and how to recover from them.
> 
> Maybe I should try to explain the problem in terms of repository
> hierarchy. Let's assume, there is this hierarchy of repositories:
> 
> upstream: central repository, containing the generic template
> 
> foo-site: repository for site foo. Here we have localizations for a specific
>           administrative entity named foo (say, google).
>           This is where clones for production are made from, and production
>           boxes pull from here to be kept up-to-date.
> 
> foo-prodA: A clone of foo-site, put in production and pulling from a specific
>            branch on foo-site to receive released, blessed updates.
> foo-prodB: Similar to foo-prodA, but on another box.
>            
> foo-devA: A clone of foo-site to make development, releases, and whatever for
>           foo.
> foo-devB: One more clone of foo-site, Developer B is working here.
> 
> Then, we might have more administrative entities: bar-site, bar-prodA,
> bar-prodB, bar-devA, bar-devB, for example. This might be Microsoft, for
> example.
> 
> Further, foo-devA might be the same person as bar-devA.
> 
> So when foo-devA pulls from foo-devB, then foo-devB will create problems when
> he rebases after that pull.
> 
> I think I have some kind of misunderstanding here, but I just can't figure
> what it is.
> 
> 
> Maybe I should try to explain the problem in yet other words:
> 
> What I am trying to achieve, is to extend the workflow from development to
> deployment across multiple administrative entities. As a picture:
> 
>   upstream     (templates only).
>      ^
>      |
>      v
>   development  (configured, might contain experimental changes)
>      ^
>      |
>      v
>   deployment   (configured)
> 
> This workflow should not stop at administrative borders. Just replace foo by
> google and bar by Microsoft to get an idea of what I am trying to achieve.
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