On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Vincent Untz <[email protected]> wrote: > Le mercredi 06 mai 2009, à 01:01 +0300, Felipe Contreras a écrit : >> You don't need a branch to make commits, tag them and push them. >> >> $ git checkout PANGO_1_2_4 >> # make changes >> $ git commit -a >> $ git tag PANGO_1_2_5 >> $ git push origin PANGO_1_2_5 >> >> But if you feel icky about not working on a branch you can create a >> local branch: >> >> $ git checkout -b work-for-1.2.5 PANGO_1_2_4 >> # make changes >> $ git commit -a >> $ git tag PANGO_1_2_5 >> $ git push origin PANGO_1_2_5 >> $ git branch -D work-for-1.2.5 >> >> Both cases are exactly the same. You push a tag (reference) and all >> the objects in the hierarchy of the head of that reference that is >> still not on the remote repo. > > I might misunderstand things but... with those commands, aren't you > releasing pango 1.2.5 after just one commit? This is not what we do. We > might have a few commits, not on the same day. In this case I think > we'll need a branch anyway, won't we?
You can create as many commits as you want in any fashion you want. What I tried to explain is that you can push a tag without pushing a branch. -- Felipe Contreras _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
