Fwd: Re: [Pharo-dev] Unambiguously differentiating official and local builds [Was [Vm-dev] Moving the Cog subversion repository to githup at 2016-6-16 7am UTC]

Staging is a significant difference of git to svn, so a few opinions
on the benefit of staging [4] [5] [6] [7] is useful.

Personally I like the staging area as a final check to observe what
I'm *really* committing, particularly when my working area has become
a bit messy.  Now as described in one of the links, "git commit -a" is
a way ignore the staging area so git acts more like svn, but here are
some insightful stories from people that were initially annoyed by the
staging area but later found it useful [8] [9].


And btw, a quickstart git/svn cheat sheet [10].

cheers -ben

[1] https://www.git-tower.com/learn/git/ebook/en/command-line/appendix/from-subversion-to-git
[2] https://www.git-tower.com/learn/git/ebook/en/command-line/branching-merging/branching-can-change-your-life
[3] https://www.git-tower.com/learn/git/ebook/en/command-line/advanced-topics/undoing-things

[4] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4878358/why-would-i-want-stage-before-committing-in-git
[5] http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/69178/what-is-the-benefit-of-gits-two-stage-commit-process-staging
[6] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4878358/why-would-i-want-stage-before-committing-in-git
[7] http://gitolite.com/uses-of-index.html

[8] http://blog.osteele.com/posts/2008/05/my-git-workflow/
[9] http://2ndscale.com/rtomayko/2008/the-thing-about-git

[10] https://www.git-tower.com/blog/git-for-subversion-users-cheat-sheet/