Re: Issue 2100: Explanation of branches for CG (issue 5539062)

[Carl . D . Sorensen]

On 2012/01/15 12:50:21, dak wrote:
> On 2012/01/15 12:43:03, Carl wrote:
> > On 2012/01/15 12:32:21, Graham Percival wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 12:18:57PM +0000,
mailto:address@hidden
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I think you misunderstand what git rebase does.  git rebase
> > > > origin/staging does *not* bring origin/staging into dev/cg;
> > >
> > > really?  wow, I completely misunderstood that.
> >
> > Yes.  git rebase just changes the *attachment point* of the branch.
So
> although
> > the source code in the current directory will change with git
rebase, the
> branch
> > itself won't.

> Carl, you are wrong.  You can, at your choice, read the manual page of
git
> rebase, or do a few experiments on local branches.

I believe you, because you are never wrong on these things.  I have read
the manual page on git rebase, but apparently didn't understand it.  I
am currently doing the local experiments.

Thank you for keeping me straight.

Carl


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