On 14/03/15 15:04, Stephan Beal wrote:
On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 10:28 AM, j. van den hoff
<veedeeh...@googlemail.com <mailto:veedeeh...@googlemail.com>> wrote:
really a test case for "how does github feel to a newbie". answer:
awkward, to say the very least.
FWIW i have had to use it a dozen times and still feel that way.
I disagree: I found Github easy to use. What I found difficult was the
Git command line, and the rather complex process it imposes.
this is quite different to first time encounter with `fossil'. so
one probably should not look to closely on github on how to
improve `fossil'. ;-)
LOL!
The network is primarily intended to show fork-related
relationships. i.e.
whose fork was created/merged at what point. In a way it's
similar to the
branch handling in fossil's timeline. github's workflow
encourages using
forks rather than branches (the end effect is similar, since a
fork can be
merged in at any time).
my understanding was that a github "fork" is nothing but a clone
and not "really" part of the original project, no?
Correct, but...
so it really is not comparable to a branch (be it `git' or
`fossil'), no?
a git fork can be pulled (via a "pull request") into the original just
like merging a branch, so the the effect is similar (not identical).
The advantage is that anyone can create a Github fork of a public
project, work on it, and then submit pull requests, without ever being
given commit access to the original repo. You can have untrusted
collaborators and review all their contributions before they are merged
into your repository - you need not even have had any contact until you
get the pull request.
What would be really nice would be a distributed version of this, so we
could all host our own repos and still collaborate as easily, but I
doubt anyone has a sufficient incentive to produce such a thing.
just my 2c (probably explaining the very obvious ;-))
Nothing about git is obvious ;).
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