Re: coming from git, understanding mercurial branching

2013-09-07 Thread Felipe Contreras
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2013-09-06 17:51, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: >> I found this guide [1] very useful back in the time I tried to grok >> Mercurial. >> >> 1. >> http://stevelosh.com/blog/2009/08/a-guide-to-branching-in-mercurial/ I've written various blog posts

Re: coming from git, understanding mercurial branching

2013-09-06 Thread Tim Chase
On 2013-09-06 17:51, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: > I found this guide [1] very useful back in the time I tried to grok > Mercurial. > > 1. > http://stevelosh.com/blog/2009/08/a-guide-to-branching-in-mercurial/ Indeed, after reading it, that's the most sense I've been able to make of Mercurial's s

Re: coming from git, understanding mercurial branching

2013-09-06 Thread Philip Oakley
From: "Konstantin Khomoutov" To: "Tim Chase" On Thu, 5 Sep 2013 21:27:14 -0500 Tim Chase wrote: [...] Do any git users here have good "understanding Mercurial branches for the git user" resources they've found helpful when working with Mercurial? Preferably a "for dummies" resource with ill

Re: coming from git, understanding mercurial branching

2013-09-06 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Thu, 5 Sep 2013 21:27:14 -0500 Tim Chase wrote: [...] > Do any git users here have good "understanding Mercurial branches > for the git user" resources they've found helpful when working with > Mercurial? Preferably a "for dummies" resource with illustrations & > comparison charts so I can se

Re: coming from git, understanding mercurial branching

2013-09-06 Thread Tim Chase
On 2013-09-06 12:39, Tay Ray Chuan wrote: > First: recognize Mercurial's branches are entirely different beasts > from Git's. They just happen to be given a same sequence of > characters, b-r-a-n-c-h. The similarities end there! Yeah, I'm trying to create a mental map between what Git means by bra

Re: coming from git, understanding mercurial branching

2013-09-05 Thread Tay Ray Chuan
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Tim Chase wrote: > I've got a pretty good grasp on git's rather straightforward > branching, but am trying to wrap my head around Mercurial's > branching. There seem to be several flavors, some default to > push-public, while others are private; some are tracked i

coming from git, understanding mercurial branching

2013-09-05 Thread Tim Chase
I've got a pretty good grasp on git's rather straightforward branching, but am trying to wrap my head around Mercurial's branching. There seem to be several flavors, some default to push-public, while others are private; some are tracked in history, while others seem more ephemeral; often the docs