Re: [Boost-build] Git usages

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Git usages
From: Ryan Gonzalez (rymg19_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-04-13 11:17:45

Only if you don't mind waiting 30 minutes to convert all the changelogs all
the time. Mercurial is great, but it's slow, and hg-git is even slower.

I used to use a Git GUI. In the end, the command line was almost easier.
GUIs are only useful if you already know every corner case that Git has.
I've been using Git for 2 years and still don't know all the corner cases.

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> First, I'm likely the one responsible for this thread :-) In my defense..
> No one has mentioned what "correct" git usage is. And no, I'm not
> interested in reading a whole book about it. But the the fact that it
> doesn't seem that there is a sigle, simple, command to do the equivalent of
> "svn update" is disgraceful from a UI design perspective. Anyway..
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 2:25 AM, Dmitry Moskalchuk <dm_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> On 13/04/15 08:43, Vladimir Prus wrote:
>> > - When updating from git, do:
>> >
>> >        git fetch
>> >        git rebase develop origin/develop
>>
>> Just a note: the same could be achieved by "git pull --rebase", or even
>> turned to be permanent:
>>
>>     git config branch.develop.rebase true
>>     git pull # it will rebase instead of merge now
>>
>> Note, however, that rebase is not the same as merge, so it could be
>> dangerous in some cases. There are many explanations around why is it
>> so; for example, this one:
>>
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18137918/git-pull-rebase-this-is-a-possibly-dangerous-operation
>> .
>>
>
> Read that.. Doesn't clear anything up. Here's some basic questions.. What
> should I do if I'm using the Eclipse git integration? Should I look into
> using Mercurial to deal with the git repos as a more sane alternative?
>
>
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