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Re: branching with monticello

Posted by Sven Van Caekenberghe-2 on Feb 11, 2014; 6:20pm
URL: https://forum.world.st/branching-with-monticello-tp4742815p4742876.html

Hi,

On 11 Feb 2014, at 19:16, Yuriy Tymchuk <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I’m worried a bit about merging. Won’t it damage some monticello meta data?

If you start with 2 version with correct meta data and ancestries, no.

This could be helpful:

  http://www.lukas-renggli.ch/blog/monticello-merging

It all sounds very magic, but it is quite simple. Apart from the fact that merging often means fixing conflicts. That is true everywhere.

Sven

> Uko
>
> On 11 Feb 2014, at 18:22, Esteban Lorenzano <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> you can… filetree is a file format. What you do with those files is up to you and your tools :)
>>
>> On 11 Feb 2014, at 17:30, Yuriy Tymchuk <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>> Can we get something from git branches with file tree?
>>>
>>> Uko
>>>
>>> On 11 Feb 2014, at 17:26, Esteban Lorenzano <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> in monticello, each package is itself a branch.
>>>>
>>>> so you can have different approachs:
>>>>
>>>> - you just rename your package to YourPackage-YourBranch
>>>> - you use different repositories
>>>> - yo do not do anything and you just realise that each package is a branch, so you can start from anywhere and merge with anything :)
>>>>
>>>> Esteban
>>>>
>>>> On 11 Feb 2014, at 16:46, sergio_101 <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  i am sort of foggy on how to effectively use branching with monticello. currently, we use branches daily. we branch off the master, and give it some name "like update_user_functions"..
>>>>>
>>>>>  we develop away on that, and when it's time, we merge that back into master, and push out to the server.
>>>>>
>>>>>  having named branches makes it very easy for us track what's going on in the development line.
>>>>>
>>>>>  is this possible with monticello, or am i just missing an ideology?
>>>>>
>>>>>  thanks!
>>>>>
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