Re: fast-forward only policy

["Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <zeenix gmail com>]

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:46 AM, Olav Vitters <olav bkor dhs org> wrote:
> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 12:33:59AM +0300, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> >> >> Imagine someone who has been on a GNOME hiatus or is a new comer. What
>> >> >> would be easier to understand? '1-2' or 'stable'?
>> >> >
>> >> > 'stable' was already discussed. Within GNOME 2.20, 2.22, 2.24, 2.26 etc
>> >> > are stable. So it isn't clear.
>> >>
>> >> The latest one, of course.
>> >>
>> >> You don't need branches for targets that are not going to move.
>> >> Branches are for moving targets, tags are for fixed ones.
>> >
>> > That is just confusing. Really, I don't see why you don't see this.
>>
>> That's just how git works: branches and tags are mere pointers.
>> There's no difference in the object storage, the only difference is
>> logical, you use branches in a way, tags in another way.
>
> Don't care about Git workings.

   Don't you think that is much more relevant here than your opinions?

> I care about understanding a branch name.
> Deleting branches sounds really bad (aside from purely symbolical
> 'stable').
>
>> You can do stuff like:
>
> I don't understand Git.

   If you haven't noticed, we are talking of *GIT* branches and tags
here. The discussion was actually about a rule on *GIT* pushes.

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Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
FSF member#5124