Re: Managing multiple branches in git

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Mark Mielke <mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Managing multiple branches in git
Date: 2009-06-02 21:20:20
Message-ID: 19228.1243977620@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Blowing away your working directory shouldn't result in loss of your
>> entire project history.

> Such an outcome could not possibly be less likely with any other
> system than it is with git. Every single developer has a copy of your
> entire history, as does the origin server and the public mirror of the
> origin server.

If it's a public project, and discounting any private branches you may
have had. I don't see what's so unfathomable about "I'd like a clear
separation between workspace and repository".

regards, tom lane

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