On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Per Steffensen <st...@designware.dk> wrote:
> Robert Muir skrev: > > Is it really git? Because its my understanding pull requests aren't >> actually a git thing but a github thing. >> >> The distinction is important. >> > > Actually Im not sure. Have never used git outside github, but at least > part of it has to be git and not github (I think) - or else I couldnt > imagine how you get the advantages you get. Remember that when using git > you actually run a "repository" on every developers local machines. When > you commit, you commit only to you local "repository". You need to "push" > in order to have it "upstreamed" (as they call it) > > Right, I'm positive this (pull requests) is github :) I just wanted make this point: when we have discussions about using git instead of svn, I'm not sure it makes things easier on anyone, actually probably worse and more complex. Its the github workflow that contributors want (I would +1 some scheme that supports this!), but git by itself, is pretty unusable. Github is like a nice front-end to this mess.
