Re: [Qemu-devel] New stable branch information

[Anthony Liguori]

On 02/07/2011 08:09 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Anthony Liguori<address@hidden>  writes:
>
>    
> > On 02/05/2011 03:11 AM, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> >      
> > > 04.02.2011 15:25, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> > >
> > >        
> > > > To help make the stable branch more active than it has been in the past,
> > > > I'd like to split the stable branch into a separate tree to allow the
> > > > tree to develop a life of its own over time.
> > > >
> > > >          
> > > What's the difference between a separate tree and a branch in main tree?
> > > Why separate tree is needed?  As far as I can see, both serves the same
> > > purpose, but to me a separate branch is easier to handle (comparing etc).
> > >
> > >        
> > Without overhauling how we host our git tree, I can't give fine grain
> > access to specific branches.
> >
> > I'm going to look into that in the not too distant future but it's not
> > going to happen short term.
> >
> > So for now, we'll have separate trees and I'll work on getting the
> > right infrastructure such that we can have one.
> >      
> You go ahead do what you think is right, but I wouldn't bother with
> this.  Separate trees are easier to set up and maintain, and they're
> almost as easy to use: just pull from all the trees you're interested.
>    

Yeah, for folks that aren't familiar with remotes, it's worth reading 
http://gitref.org/remotes/#remote

I have probably a couple dozen remotes in my qemu tree.  Once it's 
setup, there's really no difference in working with a branch in a 
different tree than working with one on origin.

But I still like the idea of a single tree.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori