Re: [boost] A proposal for superproject structure and testing

Subject: Re: [boost] A proposal for superproject structure and testing
From: Bjørn Roald (bjorn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-09 15:23:47

On 12/09/2013 08:53 PM, Andrey Semashev wrote:
> On Monday 09 December 2013 20:44:58 Bjørn Roald wrote:
>> On 12/09/2013 08:41 PM, Andrey Semashev wrote:

>>> Not necessarily. In my example a boost release (i.e. a tagged commit to
>>> the
>>> superproject's master) references a commit in a submodule branch that is
>>> neither develop nor master. That branch may never be merged to develop or
>>> master.
>>
>> There is a reason
>>
>> git branch -d release-1.2.3
>>
>> will fail with an error if the branch you attempt to delete is not fully
>> merged.
>
> There is also git branch -D...

right, my point is that there is a difference between these two options, 
and we should use -d.  The -D option is for when you really mean to get 
rid of what the branch contain, not just the branch ref.

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Bjørn