ahem - develop is now Pre_R29_develop
j.

On 27/04/2015 16:42, Jim Procter wrote:
> Hi All - just a reminder for posterity.
>
> We've been doing some branch maintenance, which means:
>
> * Release_2_8_3_Branch has become Release_2_9_Branch.
> * develop has been renamed Pre_29_develop
> * A new develop branch has been forked from Release_2_9_Branch.
>
> The following will fix up your local repository to reflect these changes.
> Read on further for help about dealing with problems due to unmerged
> branches:
>
> # rename your local Release_2_8_3_Branch to Release_2_9_Branch
> git branch -m Release_2_8_3_Branch Release_2_9_Branch
> # update its tracking branch ref
> git branch -u origin/Release_2_9_Branch Release_2_9_Branch
>
> # and the same for develop
> git branch -m develop Pre_29_develop
> git branch -u origin/Pre_29_develop develop
>
> Unmerged Changes.
> You WILL HAVE PROBLEMS if you try to push unmerged changes on local
> branches which were based on either the old Release_2_8_3_Branch or
> develop branches.
>
> 1. Branches tracking Release_2_8_3_Branch
> These are straightforward. Simply change your merge strategy so you are
> pulling and pushing to your local Release_2_9_Branch.
>
> 2. Branches forked off Release_2_8_3_Branch.
> Again, straightforward. Just use Release_2_9_Branch in any git merge
> operations (EGit users will have to make sure they change their default
> merge operations here too).
>
> 3. Anything forked from develop
> git rebase is your friend. Pre_29_develop has essentially the same
> content as the current develop, but its history diverged, making merging
> impossible without a large number of conflicts. Let me know how you get
> on.. I've got lots of these too!
>
> Jim.
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