Re: Howto request: going home in the middle of something?

[Jan Wielemaker <wielemak@science.uva.nl>]

On Tuesday 23 October 2007 19:56:55 Jing Xue wrote:
> Quoting Jan Wielemaker <wielemak@science.uva.nl>:
> > Thanks for the replies.	 I think I can live with something like this
> >
> > 	<work, in the middle of something>
> > 	$ git checkout -b home
> > 	$ git commit
> > 	$ git checkout master
> > 	<arriving at home>
> > 	$ git jan@work:repo fetch home:home	(using ssh)
> > 	$ git checkout home
> > 	<continue editing>
> > 	$ git commit --amend
> > 	$ git checkout master
> > 	$ git merge home
> > 	$ git -d home
> > 	$ git commit
> > 	$ git push
> > 	<arriving at work>
> > 	$ git -d home
> > 	$ git pull
> >
> > Its still a bit many commands and you have to be aware what you are
> > doing for quite a while, but it does provide one single clean commit
> > message, doesn't change the shared repo until all is finished and allows
> > to abandon all work without leaving traces.
>
> What does the extra branch gain for us here? That's not a rhetorical
> question, I'm actually curious to learn, because I always just commit,
> switch to another computer, pull, and reset HEAD^.

I'm just trying to learn. Sofar I like the idea to stash and use
git-fetch to get the stash from the other side. As stash is about
handling current work, it feels as the most appropriate solution
and is a lot shorter.

	Cheers --- Jan