On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Unfortunately, this multiple checkout thing conflicts with how I
>> use emacs (--daemon) so I'm not one of its heavy users either. I
>> only occastionally make new, short-lived checkouts to test things.
>
> FWIW, I do keep a permanent multi-checkout and I sometimes make
> edits, but it is mostly for building other branches while I work on
> something else. When I edit working-tree files there, I do let
> emacsclient talk to the emacs I have files open in the primary
> working tree, though, so I am not sure what your issues are with
> emacs (--daemon).
The --daemon part is probably not worth mentioning because I always
have one emacs window open. The problem is switch-buffer based on file
name can be confusing ("git.c" and "git.c<2>", which belongs to which
checkout?). I ended up modifying files in the wrong checkout all the
time.
--
Duy
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