Re: Question about your git habits

["J.C. Pizarro" <jcpiza@gmail.com>]

2008/2/23, Chase Venters <chase.venters@clientec.com> wrote:
 >
 > ... blablabla
 >
 >  My question is: If you're working on multiple things at once, do you tend to
 >  clone the entire repository repeatedly into a series of separate working
 >  directories and do your work there, then pull that work (possibly comprising
 >  a series of "temporary" commits) back into a separate local master
 >  respository with --squash, either into "master" or into a branch containing
 >  the new feature?
 >
 > ... blablabla
 >
 >  I'm using git to manage my project and I'm trying to determine the most
 >  optimal workflow I can. I figure that I'm going to have an "official" master
 >  repository for the project, and I want to keep the revision history clean in
 >  that repository (ie, no messy intermediate commits that don't
compile or only
 >  implement a feature half way).


I recomend you to use these complementary tools

   1. google: gitk screenshots  ( e.g. http://lwn.net/Articles/140350/ )

   2. google: "git-gui" screenshots
         ( e.g. http://www.spearce.org/2007/01/git-gui-screenshots.html )

   3. google: gitweb color meld

   ;)