Re: [bug-gnulib] git for Darwin?

[Bruno Haible]

Karl Berry wrote:
> As I understand it, the reason for the proposal is because branches are
> supported better in git.  But isn't wanting to make branches tantamount
> to making releases?

The reasons to make branches are:
  1) for temporary small changes, testing etc.,
  2) for adding features that are more experimental than those on the
     HEAD/trunk.
  3) for cooling down a release.

Reasons 2) and 3) are well-known from CVS; reason 1) is new.

One of the situations where a distributed VCS will be useful for me is when
travelling with a laptop without internet connection. I can then make
commits that will be pulled in the main repository later. (OK, I expect
conflicts in the ChangeLog file; let's see how well the merge strategies
will work...)

Bruno