From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Re[2]: Re[2]: need detailed instructions for submitting the patch Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:29:00 -0400 Message-ID: <21263.1281464940@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> References: <872864733.20100810015957@gmail.com> <20100809233613.GA2414@soloJazz.com> <87y6cfb80y.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> <934840289.20100810190005@gmail.com> <87eie67af2.fsf@gnu.org> <133680733.20100810213320@gmail.com> <87vd7i2wc7.fsf@altern.org> <19674.1281463074@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> <1645190369.20100810221422@gmail.com> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59271 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OitZs-0000m5-8x for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:29:33 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OitZr-0008RJ-7p for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:29:32 -0400 Received: from vms173005pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.5]:57909) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OitZr-0008Qs-2d for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:29:31 -0400 Received: from gamaville.dokosmarshall.org ([unknown] [12.198.177.3]) by vms173005.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0L6Y00ABK8OCV630@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:29:01 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: Message from Ivanov Dmitry of "Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:14:22 +0400." <1645190369.20100810221422@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ivanov Dmitry Cc: Nick Dokos , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Ivanov Dmitry wrote: > Yes, Nick, I was asking about the git commands. Thanks. It seems, that > creating a topic branch is more complicated, then simply editing the > local master copy, creating a diff file and sending it to the mailing > list. I think it should be used only in complicated cases. > I prefer to keep a pristine master branch and create lots of topics branches, (most of which die a quick and merciful death.) It's not really hard to create a branch and it keeps things *much* neater, so I would recommend that approach even for simple changes. Nick