From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: mtimes of working files Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:18:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <20070711202615.GE3069@efreet.light.src> <200707120857.53090.andyparkins@gmail.com> <1184261246.31598.139.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <20070713003700.GA21304@thunk.org> <1184367619.2785.58.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Cc: Theodore Tso , Andy Parkins , git@vger.kernel.org, Jan Hudec , Johannes Schindelin To: David Woodhouse X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Jul 14 01:18:29 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I9UP7-0003GH-Af for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:18:29 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932309AbXGMXSZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:18:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757829AbXGMXSZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:18:25 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:57291 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755194AbXGMXSY (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:18:24 -0400 Received: from imap1.linux-foundation.org (imap1.linux-foundation.org [207.189.120.55]) by smtp2.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id l6DNI9Ks026515 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:18:10 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by imap1.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id l6DNI30N027837; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:18:03 -0700 In-Reply-To: <1184367619.2785.58.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.609 required=5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0-osdl_revision__1.12__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: osdl$Revision: 1.181 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.53 on 207.189.120.14 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, David Woodhouse wrote: > > Branches just seem like a source of complexity and hence pain. Using git > was just starting to become sensible for newbies, and now when people > are forced to deal with multiple branches it's all horribly painful > again. Why would anybody force you to do that? The "switch between branchs in the same repo" is really convenient. But nobody *forces* you to do it. Linus