Re: Managing multiple branches in git

On Jun 2, 2009, at 9:16 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:

>> Well, you can have as many clones of a repository as you like. You
>> can
>> keep one with master checked out, another with rel8_3, another with
>> rel8_2, etc. You'd just have to write a script to keep them in sync
>> (shouldn't be too difficult, each just as all the others as an
>> origin --
>> or maybe you have one that's canonical on your system).
>
> Hmm, but is there a way to create those clones from a single local
> "database"?

Yeah, that's what I meant by a "canonical copy on your system."

> (I like the monotone model much better. This mixing of working copies
> and databases as if they were a single thing is silly and
> uncomfortable
> to use.)

Monotone?

Best,

David