Re: [boost] Git: maintaining super-project

Subject: Re: [boost] Git: maintaining super-project
From: Daniel James (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-04 04:44:59

On 4 December 2013 09:40, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 04.12.2013 13:13, Daniel James wrote:
>>
>> On 4 December 2013 07:27, Cox, Michael <mhcox_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>
>>> The following should get you what your asking for, if I understand you
>>> correctly:
>>>
>>> git clone --recursive -b develop https://github.com/boostorg/boost
>>>
>>> git submodule foreach git checkout develop
>>
>>
>> Most developers won't do this, they'll be using the master branch of
>> the super project, and only checking out develop for the modules
>> they're concerned with.
>
>
> And then any incompatibilities are discovered a week before release, I
> suppose?

Well, you should only be making bug fixes a week before release, and
changes for an upcoming release shouldn't be made in the develop
branch. The idea is to use the git flow process to manage changes.