[git-users] avoid pulling binaries

2012-09-25 Thread Angelo Borsotti
Suppose I have a private repository and a public one. I develop using my private repository, and at significant steps I do a commit in which I save all, sources] and binaries. The reason for saving binaries is to allow to recover a previously committed version without having then to rebuild all

Re: [git-users] avoid pulling binaries

2012-09-25 Thread Daniel P. Wright
The SHA-1 hash which identifies each commit in git is generated from the state of the tree at that point and thus having a version of that commit with binaries and a version without results in -- as far as git is concerned -- entirely separate commits. It is really useful when the same commit

Re: [git-users] Suitable GIT feature for common artifacts

2012-09-25 Thread Gadget/Steve
On 25/09/2012 1:35 PM, Anand Krishnan wrote: Hi Our project has a requirement: We are developing project in c++ for long time and now we started development in java too. Both our c++ and java source code is residing in different repo paths. There are some artifacts which are common for both

[git-users] Using git-svn to follow a branch: detached

2012-09-25 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Hello, Please consider the attached steps which create an SVN repo and setup git to track it. 1. Why do local-newbranch and master not share a common ancestor? 2. How do I make them share a common ancestor? 3. Assuming (2) is possible, will I be able to rebase master changes onto

Re: [git-users] a generalization of git blame

2012-09-25 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:14:03 -0700 (PDT) Xiaozhu Meng mxz...@gmail.com wrote: [...] PS: I was trying to send an email to mailing list git at vger.kernel.org. But it always replied with [...] The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 5.7.1 Content-Policy reject msg: The message

Re: [git-users] Forcing a push from one branch to another

2012-09-25 Thread Philip Oakley
From: Chris Stankevitz To: git-users@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 7:31 PM Subject: [git-users] Forcing a push from one branch to another Hello, If possible please humor me and attempt to answer this question: How do I make b look exactly like a using one

Re: [git-users] Forcing a push from one branch to another

2012-09-25 Thread Chris Stankevitz
On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:48:25 AM UTC-7, Philip Oakley wrote: Do you mean you want Branch 'b' drop its old line of development and become the same as Branch 'a'. Or you want Branch 'b' to gain a fresh commit who's content is identical to that on the tip of Branch 'a', but it would

Re: [git-users] Forcing a push from one branch to another

2012-09-25 Thread Philip Oakley
From: Chris Stankevitz To: git-users@googlegroups.com Cc: Chris Stankevitz ; Philip Oakley Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [git-users] Forcing a push from one branch to another On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:48:25 AM UTC-7, Philip Oakley wrote: Do you