From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Larry D'Anna Subject: Re: Individual file snapshots Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:00:04 -0500 Message-ID: <20100213030004.GA20863@cthulhu> References: <4B75BD06.1010802@lsrfire.ath.cx> <12B5BDAB-DD9C-4CED-9489-0773BF577DF3@silverinsanity.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Ron Garret X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Feb 13 04:00:14 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ng8Ev-0006Q1-RE for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:00:14 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753649Ab0BMDAH (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:00:07 -0500 Received: from cthulhu.elder-gods.org ([140.239.99.253]:51935 "EHLO cthulhu.elder-gods.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751568Ab0BMDAF (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:00:05 -0500 Received: by cthulhu.elder-gods.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 688AC822215; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:00:04 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: * 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