On a windows machine, what is a good tool to use to get the main repo? I have been using commit monitor for the SVN repo and this tells me when there are new files and auto downloads them. Is there a similar tool for GIT?
--- On Mon, 5/20/13, Jason Edgecombe <ja...@rampaginggeek.com> wrote: > From: Jason Edgecombe <ja...@rampaginggeek.com> > Subject: Re: [Doxygen-users] [Doxygen-develop] Doxygen's code repository has > moved to GitHub > To: "Petr Prikryl" <prik...@skil.cz> > Cc: "Peter Morgan" <pedromor...@gmail.com>, "Dimitri van Heesch" > <dimi...@stack.nl>, "doxygen-deve...@lists.sourceforge.net" > <doxygen-deve...@lists.sourceforge.net>, > "doxygen-users@lists.sourceforge.net" <doxygen-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Monday, May 20, 2013, 7:09 PM > On 05/20/2013 10:15 AM, Petr Prikryl > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Peter Morgan wrote: > >> Best give I can give is to have the branches > >> - master = the latest stable release > >> - next = the next version and unstable > > I am not that sure about the neccessity of > > the branches when moved to Git. They should > > probably be created only when the branch > > is found to be neccessary. They can mostly > > be local only. > > > > I suggest to use GitHub fork mechanism to > > keep the project responsibility firmly > > in Dimitri's hands (at least at the beginning). > > The Pull Request seems to be visible enough > > to decide whether to pull or not, or to use > > only some changes... > > > > However, I have only limited experience > > with Git, and I can be wrong ;) > > > > Petr > > > > One of the challenges with git is that is flexible and > allows for many > work flows. There isn't one "right way", but there are some > common > workflows. > > The most common workflow that I have seen is as follows: > * most or all development happens on the master branch > * each new feature gets it's own branch, which is merged or > rebased with > the master branch when it's mostly complete and doesn't > break the build. > * releases are cut as tags from master or from a version > branch or > stable branch(i.e. potential branches: master, stable, > 1.2.x, 1.3.x, > tags: 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.3.1) > > My advice is somewhat contrary to Peter's: > * branches are awesome, use them whenever developing a new > feature. > Local branches can easily be discarded if things don't work > out. Use > public branches in the git repo with some reservation, > * You should use a new feature branch for each new feature > in your local > repo. Once the feature is ready for merging, then > merge/rebase and push > the changes to github. > * Using a branch allows for you to easily switch between > various > works-in-progress. > > Peter's next+master workflow is what the Linux kernel uses. > It kind of > mirrors master+stable branches in other projects. > > One alternative workflow is called git-flow, which is > outlined here: > http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ > > One of the best ways to develop is using a continuous > integration model. > In this model, each commit to "master" is compiled and run > against a > series of tests, to determine if the project is viable. > > Travis CI offers free continuous compiling/integration for > open source > projects. It even integrates with github: > https://travis-ci.org/ > > Jason > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt > New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance > monitoring service > that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and > monitor your > browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. > Try New Relic > and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may > _______________________________________________ > Doxygen-users mailing list > Doxygen-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/doxygen-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may _______________________________________________ Doxygen-users mailing list Doxygen-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/doxygen-users
