Re: merging unmanaged working tree

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Chris Packham <judge.packham@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 2010/3/15 Łukasz Stelmach <lukasz.stelmach@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> 1. There is a repository (non-bare one) with all changes
>>   commited. Commit A.
>>
>> 2. I take some files put them on my pendrive. I take a note that they come
>>   from commit A. I don't clone the repository.
>>
>> 3. I make changes here (in the repository) and commit them (commits B,
>>   C, D) and there (on my pendrive).
>>
>> 4. I want to merge things with something like this
>>
>> $ git diff3 file1.c(D) file1.c(A) /media/project/file1.c
>>
>> * file1.c(D) is the lates version in my repository and working tree
>> * file1.c(A) is the point where I branched
>> * /media/project/file1.c is the unmanaged version of the file with changes
>>  I made on the go.
> One option, assuming you do record "Commit A" every time you do this,
> would be to use a short lived branch to merge your changes back in.
>
> e.g.
>
> git checkout -b work_from_home <sha of commit a>
> cp /media/... .
> git status # at this point you can check that what you about to commit
> is what you intended, and
> git commit -a # if it is good
> git checkout master
> git merge work_from_home # this is where any conflicts would be resolved
> git branch -d work_from_home

It seems to be the most obvious and straightforward worflow.
I keep my x-bits off with proper mount options ;-)

Thanks.


-- 
Miłego dnia,
Łukasz Stelmach

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