Re: [Qemu-devel] New stable branch information

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

On 02/07/2011 08:09 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Anthony Liguori<anthony@codemonkey.ws>  writes:
>
>    
>> On 02/05/2011 03:11 AM, Michael Tokarev wrote:
>>      
>>> 04.02.2011 15:25, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>>>
>>>        
>>>> To help make the stable branch more active than it has been in the past,
>>>> I'd like to split the stable branch into a separate tree to allow the
>>>> tree to develop a life of its own over time.
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> What's the difference between a separate tree and a branch in main tree?
>>> Why separate tree is needed?  As far as I can see, both serves the same
>>> purpose, but to me a separate branch is easier to handle (comparing etc).
>>>
>>>        
>> Without overhauling how we host our git tree, I can't give fine grain
>> access to specific branches.
>>
>> I'm going to look into that in the not too distant future but it's not
>> going to happen short term.
>>
>> So for now, we'll have separate trees and I'll work on getting the
>> right infrastructure such that we can have one.
>>      
> You go ahead do what you think is right, but I wouldn't bother with
> this.  Separate trees are easier to set up and maintain, and they're
> almost as easy to use: just pull from all the trees you're interested.
>    

Yeah, for folks that aren't familiar with remotes, it's worth reading 
http://gitref.org/remotes/#remote

I have probably a couple dozen remotes in my qemu tree.  Once it's 
setup, there's really no difference in working with a branch in a 
different tree than working with one on origin.

But I still like the idea of a single tree.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori