Re: Managing websites with git

["Leo Razoumov" <slonik.az@gmail.com>]

On 12/1/08, Jason Riedy <jason@acm.org> wrote:
> And David Bryson writes:
>  > One really should not push to a non-bare repo.
>
>
> WHAT?!?!?!
>
>  And Jeff King responds:
>
> > It's in master and should be in 1.6.1, but it is a config option that
>  > defaults to "warn" for now, so as not to break existing setups.
>
>
> WHAT?!?!?!
>
>  I do this all the time.  I clone from my main working directory
>  onto some cluster / MPP where the build system is all wonky.
>  Once I get everything building, I push back to a branch (often
>  new) in my main working directory.  Then I can merge the build
>  changes whenever I get a chance.
>
>  Pushing from these systems often is much, much easier than
>  pulling from the origin.  Sometimes you're working in temporary
>  space on a back-end node; you can connect out but you cannot
>  connect in.
>
>  I've gotten a few people interested in git for managing these
>  nearly one-off build problems.  git is the first system that has
>  "just worked" for them.  Their having to configure each repo
>  eliminates the "just works" factor.
>
>  It feels like newer gits make more and more decisions about what
>  I shouldn't do.
>
>
>  Jason
>

I second Jason's opinion. I also frequently push to non-bare
intermediary repos. This functionality is essential for several of my
work flows. Please, please, do not handicap git-push operation!!

--Leo--