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From: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-scm@l.g.o
Cc: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>, gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-scm] Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo git workflows and the stabilization/keywording process
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 10:07:37
Message-Id: CAATnKFCszKvSOOMaw+dvRc-pU4K6K21_Nqp6h1R=4vQ4FY954Q@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-scm] Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo git workflows and the stabilization/keywording process by Rich Freeman
1 On 19 September 2014 06:51, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
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4 > Git even allows the use of tools like meld to resolve conflicts,
5 > besides the usual fill-the-file-with-diffs-to-cleanup approach.
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8 I'd personally discourage any kind of collision resolution in the merge
9 itself.
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11 Mostly because I've been bitten by attempted rebases where those collision
12 resolutions have been *lost* .
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14 Much preferable to rebase one branch or find some otherway to weed the
15 collision out prior to merge and giving a clean track record of where the
16 fix was applied. ( Because the fix happening in the merge is a great way to
17 hide accidental code changes )
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21 Kent
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23 *KENTNL* - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL