On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 19:33 -0400, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > On 05/04/2009 07:07 PM, Simos Xenitellis wrote: > > On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Gil Forcada<[email protected]> wrote: > >> El dl 04 de 05 de 2009 a les 23:00 +0200, en/na Milo Casagrande va > >> escriure: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> here I come again with silly question about git. :) > >>> > >>> I did look at the documentation, but didn't find an answer so maybe some > >>> more involved git user could tell me if it's possible or not. > >>> > >>> Is it possible to merge a single file from two different branches? > >>> > >>> Say I commit a translation in gnome-2-26 and I want to port the same > >>> translation to master, do I have to do it "manually" (as I'm doing it > >>> now)? > >>> > >>> By "manually" I intend: switch to the other branch and re-copy again the > >>> same po file. > >> /me wants to know this also, anyone? > > > > There was a discussion on this recently on gnome-infrastructure, > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-infrastructure/2009-April/thread.html#00178 > > > > One (slightly difficult) way is to use 'git cherry-pick', as described at > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-infrastructure/2009-April/msg00179.html > > > > There are two ways to do this. The easiest is what Shaun describes at > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-infrastructure/2009-April/msg00194.html > > > > 1. First make the change in the branch (such as gnome-2-26) and commit it. > > > > 2. Then, move back to 'master', which is done with > > $ git checkout master > > Switched to branch "master" > > $ _ > > > > 3. Finally, merge the commit from the branch onto the master > > $ git merge gnome-2-26 > > Updating 2cb6a91..6a17d40 > > Fast forward > > po/el.po | 2 -- > > 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > $ _ > > > > The job is done, you can now push so that both the branch and 'master' > > get to git.gnome.org ;-). > > This assumes that the branch is merged into master otherwise. I strongly > suggest cherry-pick instead of merge.
Isn't that going to cause merge conflicts for me the maintainer when I try to merge from my stable branches to master? I can pretty much guarantee I will always do that. If I have to deal with merge conflicts from one of 100 translations each time, I'm not going to be happy. -- Shaun _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
