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Re: gplv3 files and updates
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: gplv3 files and updates |
Date: |
Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:03:06 +0200 |
Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
>> If this sort of bootstrap were changed to make copies rather than
>> symbolic links, it would be much more of a pain to develop when
>> changes to both gnulib and an application are being debugged. It
>> would be far too easy to mistakenly edit the coreutils copy of a
>> gnulib file rather than the original; and later, when everything is
>> checked in, some of the gnulib fixes would be lost.
>
> An alternative approach would be to rely on a versioning system which
> supports easy branching, like git. Here is a rough idea how this could
> work:
>
> Use three branches
> - master = the code which you pull and push from/to the public repository.
> - autogened = the code, augmented with files from gnulib and (optionally)
> other files brought in by autopoint, automake etc.
> - work = the code you work on.
>
> The branches 'autogened' and 'work' are private - they exist only in your
> local repository.
...
> In the current state, the set of commands to use is so complicated that
> I wouldn't use it myself: I have not much experience with git.
> Can someone simplify this and polish the rough edges?
Hi Bruno,
I find it unacceptably complicated, too,
and don't see any significant simplifications.
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, (continued)
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Paul Eggert, 2007/07/12
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Karl Berry, 2007/07/12
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Simon Josefsson, 2007/07/13
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Paul Eggert, 2007/07/13
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Eric Blake, 2007/07/13
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Bruno Haible, 2007/07/13
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Jim Meyering, 2007/07/15
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Bruno Haible, 2007/07/15
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Jim Meyering, 2007/07/16
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Bruno Haible, 2007/07/14
- Re: gplv3 files and updates,
Jim Meyering <=
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Simon Josefsson, 2007/07/06
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Bruno Haible, 2007/07/06
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Karl Berry, 2007/07/07
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Simon Josefsson, 2007/07/08
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Karl Berry, 2007/07/08
- Re: gplv3 files and updates, Bruno Haible, 2007/07/09
Re: gplv3 files and updates, Simon Josefsson, 2007/07/03
Re: gplv3 files and updates, Eric Blake, 2007/07/04