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From: Larry D'Anna <larry@elder-gods.org>
To: Ron Garret <ron1@flownet.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Individual file snapshots
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:00:04 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100213030004.GA20863@cthulhu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ron1-62D136.13570812022010@news.gmane.org>

* Ron Garret (ron1@flownet.com) [100212 16:58]:
> That would require a separate branch for every snapshot, no?  I want 
> this to be lightweight.  It's not so much the creation of a zillion 
> branches that bothers me, but having to come up with a new name every 
> time would be a real hassle.

I like to keep a branch called 'archive' for crap that's not being actively used
anymore, but that I don't to throw away.  Like failed experiments, or top-git
branches that have been merged.  I just merge -s ours all of it into archive and
forget about it.

       --larry

      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-02-13  3:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-12 12:03 Individual file snapshots Ron Garret
2010-02-12 12:18 ` Peter Krefting
2010-02-12 17:24   ` Ron Garret
2010-02-12 20:41 ` René Scharfe
2010-02-12 21:25   ` Ron Garret
2010-02-12 21:37     ` Brian Gernhardt
2010-02-12 21:57       ` Ron Garret
2010-02-12 22:14         ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-12 22:41           ` Ron Garret
2010-02-12 22:32         ` Brian Gernhardt
2010-02-12 22:39           ` Ron Garret
2010-02-13  0:33             ` Mark Lodato
2010-02-13  0:47               ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-13 15:13                 ` Mark Lodato
2010-02-13 18:41                   ` Ron Garret
2010-02-13 18:58                   ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-13  7:01               ` Ron Garret
2010-02-13  3:00         ` Larry D'Anna [this message]

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