Re: [E-devel] Git and branching

[Simon L. <sf...@su...>]

On 27/07/17 17:33, Stefan Schmidt wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> On 07/22/2017 11:22 PM, Andrew Williams wrote:
>> Hi eflers :)
>>
>> So after thinking about issue management and planning milestones I
>> thought
>> more about our source control. We currently have various different models
>> used but the bottom line is that it all hits master all the time which
>> can
>> lead to less stability than ideal and also makes stabilisation windows
>> critical to enforce.
>>
>> As a suggestion I think we should consider agreeing on a singlet
>> branching
>> model and I'd recommend GitFlow (described quite well here
>> https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows#gitflow-workflow).
>>
>> As well as being well organised there is a solid gitflow plugin that
>> helps
>> to manage branches and workflows.
> 
> I read the tutorial now. It is the first time I ever encountered this
> workflow. Do you know any bigger FOSS projects that use this? The ones
> I'm familiar with do not (not even EDI, which is unstable on master from
> time to time. ;))
> 
Qt uses this workflow or atleast was last time I was paying attention to
there development. I'm also in the group thinking this development model
is better then our current one (but not enough to passionately argue for it)

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