From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Making "git commit" to mean "git commit -a". Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:12:14 -0800 Message-ID: <7vejrln0n5.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> References: <7vmz6cfsuw.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <87bqmswm1e.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <7vodqse90q.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <87ac2cwha4.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <7vy7pwcsgp.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <878xhwwdyj.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <7vk61gcnzl.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vd5786opj.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <871wnnwi3k.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <7virgzuf38.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vr6vmsnly.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <87ejrlvn7r.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <7vodqpn3t4.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vk61dn2yj.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <456E3AB7.1030306@midwinter.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:12:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org In-Reply-To: <456E3AB7.1030306@midwinter.com> (Steven Grimm's message of "Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:58:15 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GpbPP-00034d-AR for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:12:19 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936116AbWK3CMQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:12:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S936077AbWK3CMQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:12:16 -0500 Received: from fed1rmmtao03.cox.net ([68.230.241.36]:34268 "EHLO fed1rmmtao03.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S936116AbWK3CMP (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:12:15 -0500 Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.03 201-2131-130-104-20060516) with ESMTP id <20061130021215.QUCI4817.fed1rmmtao03.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net>; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:12:15 -0500 Received: from assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net ([68.5.247.80]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id sqBi1V0091kojtg0000000; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:11:42 -0500 To: Steven Grimm Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Steven Grimm writes: > But I'm still a relative n00b and would appreciate knowing if I'm just > missing some big obvious technique. You are doing just fine. Using commits to do snapshot is another workflow people often use. These people tend to do so in a work branch and cherry-pick the resulting series of commits onto more permanent branch while reorganizing and tidying up the development history to be published to the outside world.