2008/12/26 pggrd <git@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hello, > > I've been studying GIT for some time already, but still have not figured out if > it can be used for the scenario like this: > > for example: > > I have a project, which divides to threads aiming to different clients I suppose what you call threads are branches in git. > most of the code in the project is shared between the threads > in certain files there are different code parts to meet client requirements > but even those files share the rest of the code > > What I need to be able to do is: > - to get code for any thread I like at any time > - to be able to develop each thread separately > - to be able to merge certain changes from one thread to another, at the same > time without loosing the changes specific to the thread, and keep track of merge > history > Git works best with convergent branches, so all branches should have more or less the same code. What you can do is to have different configuration for each client (or Makefile variables), in the same way git supports different architectures, different sha1 implementations, etc. All the code is there and you just choose which one to use. Santi -- 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
