Re: Managing multiple branches in git

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Mark Mielke <mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Managing multiple branches in git
Date: 2009-06-02 23:47:11
Message-ID: 4A25B9FF.3010800@anarazel.de
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On 06/03/2009 01:39 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> "David E. Wheeler"<david(at)kineticode(dot)com> writes:
>> Does that make sense?
> I can't escape the feeling that we're missing something basic here.
> It's allegedly one of git's great strengths that it allows you to easily
> and quickly switch your attention among multiple development branches.
> Well, so it does, if you haven't got any derived files to rebuild.
> But rebuilding the Linux kernel is hardly a zero-cost operation,
> so how have Linus and co failed to notice this problem? There
> must be some trick they're using that I haven't heard about, or
> they'd not be nearly so pleased with git.
Building out of tree and ccache are frequently mentioned.

Andres

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