Anthony Liguori <anth...@codemonkey.ws> writes: > On 02/05/2011 03:11 AM, Michael Tokarev wrote: >> 04.02.2011 15:25, Anthony Liguori wrote: >> >>> To help make the stable branch more active than it has been in the past, >>> I'd like to split the stable branch into a separate tree to allow the >>> tree to develop a life of its own over time. >>> >> What's the difference between a separate tree and a branch in main tree? >> Why separate tree is needed? As far as I can see, both serves the same >> purpose, but to me a separate branch is easier to handle (comparing etc). >> > > Without overhauling how we host our git tree, I can't give fine grain > access to specific branches. > > I'm going to look into that in the not too distant future but it's not > going to happen short term. > > So for now, we'll have separate trees and I'll work on getting the > right infrastructure such that we can have one.
You go ahead do what you think is right, but I wouldn't bother with this. Separate trees are easier to set up and maintain, and they're almost as easy to use: just pull from all the trees you're interested.
