On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:46:21 -0500 gw1500 <wtriker.ffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As a git noobie I am beginning get get my head around git's version > control philosophy. I am now trying to understand the purposes of > branches or rather when to use them. In my case I have a Java > application under version control with git. I am planning to port it > into a mobile app. Is that an appropriate use of branches or should it > be created as a new repository? What is the relationship between the > same source code in different branches? Do changes to code in one > branch get ported to another branch somehow or do all changes then > have to be made twice? The documentation tells how to branch but not > the general philosophy behind it from a best practices standpoint. > Thanks in advance for any insight. Supposedly you should start with the chapter on branching in The Book [1] and then read two classic blog posts [2, 3] describing two different branching models. The branching models described there are not the only two possible models to use with Git, but they are different enough to give you a good overview of possibilities. Note that mere googling for "git branching model" would yield a fair number of blog posts on people's pet branching models; these two documents just appear to be more "classic" than others. If you have difficulty to even grasping the concept of branches and [1] feeld hard to digest, try first reading "The Git Parable" [4] which, I think, is the friendliest possible introduction to the basics of DVCS, branching included. 1. http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Branching 2. http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ 3. http://scottchacon.com/2011/08/31/github-flow.html 4. http://tom.preston-werner.com/2009/05/19/the-git-parable.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html