Re: [git-users] Re: How to make git work!

2020-05-06 Thread rhkramer
On Wednesday, May 06, 2020 03:06:12 AM SJW wrote: > In the grand scheme of things - it probably doesn't matter but from a > cleanliness point of view, I'd prefer to not have to commit comment > changes... From the peanut gallery: if you don't commit comment changes, how would you expect them to

[git-users] Re: How to make git work!

2020-05-06 Thread SJW
Thanks Philip. I have that mental model right. I get that bit, and for the most part, I can make basic updates and copy them to the server. I even incorporated my stating server as another remote where I would push to when something was ready for viewing but I didn't like the process and

[git-users] Re: How to make git work!

2020-05-05 Thread Philip Oakley
The hardest part of Git is getting your mental model right. The idea that there can be different copies at different places each with apparently the same 'easy name' (like 'master') can be hard to grasp, especially in the heat of the moment. The true 'name of each of the copies is given by

Re: [git-users] Re: How to make git work!

2020-05-04 Thread Alexandra Vass
Hey, With "git add ." you just add files in your local directory. (I terribly hate when people use it if they are beginner with git, because they don't get how git works yet.) You can't amend a commit which is not on your computer, which is expected, since than you could modify others commit

[git-users] Re: How to make git work!

2020-05-04 Thread SJW
Cant edit post. Here is the commit log - i was expecting/hoping for a single commit - instead I have 4 $ git log commit 0988bf8f5a165a6e213982cfcf0733ccb3452101 Author: XXX Date: Tue May 5 12:00:28 2020 +1000 Trying to fix the merge issues that were created from commit