Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people

2017-02-07 Thread Hugh Gleaves
proach (rather that each user having special branches > on the master). > > Have you had a case of having to incoprporate incompatible code that you > could share? > Philip > > - Original Message - > > *Subject:* Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merg

Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people

2017-02-07 Thread Philip Oakley
hilip - Original Message - From: Hugh Gleaves To: Git for human beings Cc: philipoak...@iee.org Sent: Monday, February 06, 2017 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people I suspect that you

Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people

2017-02-06 Thread Hugh Gleaves
I suspect that you are perceiving "merging" as a late, final step in the process. This is where you are erring I think. Merging should be done frequently, this was conflicts will not accumulate over time and grow in scale. Generally "merging" means incorporating changes made outside of some bra

Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people

2017-02-02 Thread Magnus Therning
Stephen Morton writes: > On Thursday, 26 January 2017 16:37:16 UTC-5, Magnus Therning wrote: >> >> >> Stephen Morton > writes: >> >> > I'm looking for a git branching and merge strategy for merge with >> > lots of conflicts requiring multiple people. I can make it work, >> > and I understand git

Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people

2017-02-02 Thread Magnus Therning
Michael writes: >> Have you looked at git-imerge? > > Imerge looks like a really nice tool. How stable/sufficient is it? Why > is it not part of the normal git distribution? I've not had any problems with stability, but then I generally try to avoid ending up in situations where it's needed ;)

Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people

2017-01-27 Thread Michael
On 2017-01-27, at 12:57 AM, Philip Oakley wrote: > > It doesn't happen at my work, but one has to ask how / why have we dug the > hole so deep and wide that this gross merge conflict continues to repeat it > self as a regular corporate activity, and then how to get out of here/there > (and so

Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people

2017-01-27 Thread Stephen Morton
On Thursday, 26 January 2017 16:37:16 UTC-5, Magnus Therning wrote: > > > Stephen Morton > writes: > > > I'm looking for a git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots > > of conflicts requiring multiple people. I can make it work, and I > > understand git, but it all seems kind of awkwa

Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people

2017-01-27 Thread Philip Oakley
cenarios, and a similar how > and what for getting out. > > Philip > > If we don't understand, we won't improve ... > https://store.xkcd.com/products/try-science > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael" > To: > Sent: Friday, Janu

Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people

2017-01-27 Thread Philip Oakley
t. Philip If we don't understand, we won't improve ... https://store.xkcd.com/products/try-science - Original Message - From: "Michael" To: Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 12:48 AM Subject: Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots o

Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people

2017-01-26 Thread Michael
> Have you looked at git-imerge? Imerge looks like a really nice tool. How stable/sufficient is it? Why is it not part of the normal git distribution? I noticed that it was still getting dev work this month, and in the last two years a bunch of people forked copies of it, and made their own li

Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people

2017-01-26 Thread Michael
On 2017-01-26, at 1:12 PM, Philip Oakley wrote: > > Is the project well modularised with no file >100 lines (excepting, maybe, > well developed libraries that never change), 100 lines per file?? You're joking, right? That's one of those "in theory" things, right? First, while I might be able

Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people

2017-01-26 Thread Stephen Morton
On Thursday, 26 January 2017 16:12:43 UTC-5, Philip Oakley wrote: > > - Original Message - > > I'm looking for a git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of > conflicts requiring multiple people. I can make it work, and I understand > git, but it all seems kind of awkward and

Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people

2017-01-26 Thread Magnus Therning
Stephen Morton writes: > I'm looking for a git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots > of conflicts requiring multiple people. I can make it work, and I > understand git, but it all seems kind of awkward and it feels like > there must be a better way. > > I've got a big git merge to d

Re: [git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people

2017-01-26 Thread Philip Oakley
- Original Message - I'm looking for a git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people. I can make it work, and I understand git, but it all seems kind of awkward and it feels like there must be a better way. I've got a big git merge to

[git-users] Git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people

2017-01-25 Thread Stephen Morton
I'm looking for a git branching and merge strategy for merge with lots of conflicts requiring multiple people. I can make it work, and I understand git, but it all seems kind of awkward and it feels like there must be a better way. I've got a big git merge to do. There are lots of conflicts and