Richard Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Alex Ott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Re
>>
>>>>>>> "RR" == Richard Riley writes:
>>  SR> Hi Richard!
>>  > I am trying to write a short beginners tutorial to using DVC with GIT in
>>  > emacs.
>>  > 
>>  > I can not see how to do the most important development step - create a
>>  > branch. Can someone advise? Or must this be done from the command line
>>  > for the time being? If so, is there something on the way?
>>  >> 
>>  SR> I am no git user and git branch --help gives a long page of
>>  SR> information.
>>  >> 
>>  SR> What command(s) do you use from the shell to create a new branch?
>>  >> 
>>  >> branch could be created with 'git branch branch_name' command, or with
>>  >> explicit checkout like, 'git checkout -b branch_name'
>>
>>  RR> You are referring to command line stuff here I think? You mean this as
>>  RR> an extension or "joining the dots" in the current GIT layer for DVC?
>>
>> I refer to git's command line interface. I'll look to xgit interface to
>> see, can we expand it with branch commands.
>
> Not having the branch commands in DVC for git would immediately
> invalidate its usage for a lot of people I think. branching and staging
> are two of the most used features of git in my (limited) experience. if
> people have to go to command line for branching they are more likely to
> use magit for example which does have branching support. Git is here to
> stay and more and more projects are adopting it I think.

I have implemented xgit-branch and xgit-checkout to create branches and
to switch between git branches.


Stefan.

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