Excerpts from Markus Heidelberg's message of Sat Aug 01 19:07:29 +0200 2009: > I've never used topgit or another tool on top of git. > What's the benefit? Why not just ordinary git branches? This would also > add another dependency for users, wouldn't it? top-git branches are "ordinary" branches with additional info attached such as .top-msg (info about this branch) and .top-deps (information on which branches this branch is based)
The benefits are: * top-git let's you track hierarchies of branches. You can use dotty to visualize dependencies * top-git let's you export patch series easily * top-git let's you merge your branch and its dependencies with upstream easily by invoking "tg update". Of course this all can be done manually as well. In the end it doesn't matter. Having all in one git repo would be a huge step IMHO. Marc Weber --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
