RE: A basic question - Thanks to all responders

2012-10-12 Thread Jim Vahl
Fellow developers, Thanks to all who responded to my “basic question”. I now have a much better idea (actually 2) of how releases can be documented when using git for version control. I appreciate your taking the time to help me on the learning path. Jim Vahl -- To unsubscribe from this list

Re: A basic question

2012-10-11 Thread PJ Weisberg
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Jim Vahl wrote: > 1) Does git have a built-in way to get a list of all of the "most recently > committed" files only at a given point in time, thus automatically recording > the revisions of all of the component files of a release? This implies > that for files

Re: A basic question

2012-10-11 Thread Sitaram Chamarty
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Jim Vahl wrote: > Drew, > > Thanks for responding to my email! > > Yes, I did read most of the Book, although I admit that I skimmed over some > of the more technical parts. There is still a key part of how git is used > in a commercial environment which I don't

Re: A basic question

2012-10-11 Thread Enrico Weigelt
> 1) Does git have a built-in way to get a list of all of the "most > recently > committed" files only at a given point in time, thus automatically > recording > the revisions of all of the component files of a release? There is no concept of per-file revisions in git. But you can check which o

Re: A basic question

2012-10-11 Thread Dov Grobgeld
s "No", then what is the normal way > for a programming shop which is using git to extract/assemble the list of > approved files for building a release? > > Thank you. > > Jim Vahl > > -----Original Message- > From: Drew Northup [mailto:drew.nort...@maine.edu] >

Re: A basic question

2012-10-11 Thread James Nylen
On 10/11/2012 1:38 PM, Jim Vahl wrote: For the sake of argument, I'll assume that a committing a change implies that the file has passed the testing process. So my questions are: You should not assume this. You / your developers should commit far more frequently than you test and release vers

RE: A basic question

2012-10-11 Thread Jim Vahl
, 2012 12:37 PM To: Jim Vahl Cc: git@vger.kernel.org; 'Skot Davis' Subject: Re: A basic question On Wed, 2012-10-10 at 11:03 -0700, Jim Vahl wrote: > All, > > Our company is researching version control software, something which > we have not used previously. I have a ve

Re: A basic question

2012-10-10 Thread Drew Northup
On Wed, 2012-10-10 at 11:03 -0700, Jim Vahl wrote: > All, > > Our company is researching version control software, something which we have > not used previously. I have a very basic question about git which I have > not been able to answer from reading. As I understand it, a git repository > can

A basic question

2012-10-10 Thread Jim Vahl
All, Our company is researching version control software, something which we have not used previously. I have a very basic question about git which I have not been able to answer from reading. As I understand it, a git repository can be a mixture of files which are under development, staged or c