On 2008-12-30, Conor Rafferty <conor.rafferty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [re-arranged some of the quotes; it's not in the same order as in your original email...] > Even in clearcase this was a cinch. Hey there's no need to use swear words ;-) > Is there anyone who can see anyway to do this simply, without a script, > without creating a branch ? You'll have to unlearn this resistance to creating branches. I've never used clearcase, but people tell me it is expensive to create branches and/or merge them later -- almost a project in itself perhaps? In git, however, creating a branch is as cheap as creating a tag, so why not go with the flow until you're a little more familiar with it? > Personally I suspect "$ git checkout <version> ." is what should be leave out the "." is all you needed to do. > doing this (I have confidence in saying this because it seems to want to > do this, and does it right at least half the time). But no-one wants to > admit to the remotest possibility that it might be off .... Because it's not off :-) You're using an unusual construct that is not often used. (I've done path checkout of one or a few files, but not the whole "." ever). So it took people time to analyse what was happening -- such as suggesting you use "git ls-files -s" to see what's in the index at each stage. May I ask where you got the idea that "." is needed? We need to fix that source too ;-) > In any case, a bunch of smart guys like you should be able to knock this > functionality together in hours, if you put your mind to it. > I know you guys have put a lot into this project and for many of you it > defines who you are > - but if you want ppl out there in the user world to take this stuff on, > its gotta work for them While I applaud your efforts to try and understand everything in one long weekend, you'd have more fun if you spaced it out a bit :-) I'll also say that "ppl out there in the user world" will not experiment the way you have -- they'll follow a basic set of commands that work. They'll even (gasp!) use the GUI. Believe me the GUIs are pretty nice, though it won't let you checkout a tag (you can checkout a branch, but not a tag -- because this gets you a detached head which is a little too advanced for normal folks I guess). In other words, you're combining newbie and expert too fast... Finally, I heartily recommend reading the following article: http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Happy_Merge_Day!.aspx If the hints in the article are not enough for you to figure out this is about clearcase read the comments :-) -- 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
