From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Subject: Re: Newbie grief Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 11:42:54 -0700 Message-ID: <86havzoi8h.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <4F9F128C.5020304@palm.com> <201204302331.q3UNVo7o032303@no.baka.org> <4F9F3919.6060805@palm.com> <20120501111415.GD5769@thunk.org> <4FA02830.3040407@palm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Sitaram Chamarty , "Ted Ts'o" , Seth Robertson , "git\@vger.kernel.org" To: Rich Pixley X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue May 01 20:43:09 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SPI2V-0004Rk-Iy for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Tue, 01 May 2012 20:43:07 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757161Ab2EASnB (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 May 2012 14:43:01 -0400 Received: from lax-gw16.mailroute.net ([199.89.0.116]:55113 "EHLO gw16.lax01.mailroute.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754411Ab2EASnA (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 May 2012 14:43:00 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gw16.lax01.mailroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFA185BC20D; Tue, 1 May 2012 18:42:57 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: by MailRoute Received: from gw16.lax01.mailroute.net ([199.89.0.116]) by localhost (gw16.lax01.mailroute.net.mailroute.net [127.0.0.1]) (mroute_mailscanner, port 10026) with LMTP id BcKu0uEsblOt; Tue, 1 May 2012 18:42:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from red.stonehenge.com (red.stonehenge.com [208.79.95.2]) by gw16.lax01.mailroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C5355BC1E6; Tue, 1 May 2012 18:42:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8C85B1181; Tue, 1 May 2012 11:42:54 -0700 (PDT) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.19.6.6; tzolkin = 4 Cimi; haab = 9 Uo In-Reply-To: <4FA02830.3040407@palm.com> (Rich Pixley's message of "Tue, 01 May 2012 11:15:12 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (berkeley-unix) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: >>>>> "Rich" == Rich Pixley writes: Rich> What I'm talking about is the situation where a branch can have multiple, Rich> childless commits. I've switched to calling these "tips" for this Rich> discussion. But in git, a branch *is* what you're calling a "tip". What do you find lacking about git branches, in terms of sharing? -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion