Re: [fossil-users] How to deal with incomplete code?

2014-06-16 Thread Ron Wilson
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 4:02 PM, to...@acm.org wrote: 2. Can a branch contain only the single incomplete file I'm working on, but somehow to 'load' this branch together with the 'trunk'? I.e., I want to have all the files of the current trunk plus the single (or few) file(s) of my special

Re: [fossil-users] How to deal with incomplete code?

2014-06-15 Thread John Found
I think you are wrong with your ideas. Committing not working code is not a bad practice at all. Commit often, commit always. I am committing not working code all the time and it works great for me. :) I am only trying to keep the trunk branch working (notice: only trying). Create new branch

Re: [fossil-users] How to deal with incomplete code?

2014-06-15 Thread tonyp
contribute code to it. In conclusion, I’ll let you all draw your own conclusions, and try to agree on them! :) -Original Message- From: John Found Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 9:54 PM To: fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org Subject: Re: [fossil-users] How to deal with incomplete code? I

Re: [fossil-users] How to deal with incomplete code?

2014-06-15 Thread Andy Bradford
Thus said to...@acm.org on Mon, 16 Jun 2014 00:14:20 +0300: OK, my problem is not so much with the committing act per se (of non-working code,) -- besides, you do have to have a mechanism of adding your changes, even WIP ones, in the repo -- it's with ending up with a history /

Re: [fossil-users] How to deal with incomplete code?

2014-06-14 Thread Michai Ramakers
Hello, On 14 June 2014 16:15, to...@acm.org wrote: It seems to me that commits are best (from a logical point of view) when they refer to completed work, not for work-in-progress (WIP). Besides, it’s not nice to see a timeline filled with incomplete non-working code. For example, I create

Re: [fossil-users] How to deal with incomplete code?

2014-06-14 Thread tonyp
. Thanks for your comments. From: Michael Richter Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 5:42 PM To: Fossil SCM user's discussion Subject: Re: [fossil-users] How to deal with incomplete code? I have a goal in my build system that says commit. That goal tries to do a full build. If it succeeds

Re: [fossil-users] How to deal with incomplete code?

2014-06-14 Thread tonyp
the files of the current trunk plus the single (or few) file(s) of my special WIP branch. Is this possible? If yes, how? TIA -Original Message- From: Michai Ramakers Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 5:23 PM To: Fossil SCM user's discussion Subject: Re: [fossil-users] How to deal

Re: [fossil-users] How to deal with incomplete code?

2014-06-14 Thread Matt Welland
a branch. Matt -=- TIA -Original Message- From: Michai Ramakers Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 5:23 PM To: Fossil SCM user's discussion Subject: Re: [fossil-users] How to deal with incomplete code? Hello, On 14 June 2014 16:15, to...@acm.org wrote: It seems to me

Re: [fossil-users] How to deal with incomplete code?

2014-06-14 Thread Andy Bradford
Thus said to...@acm.org on Sat, 14 Jun 2014 23:02:05 +0300: 1. If the only way is to use a special branch to do what I need, can at least a single branch be reused multiple times? Yes, you can do that with ease. There are a few branches like that in the Fossil repository, but the most