[Kde-pim] Re: Using KDE branches with git

[Stephen Kelly]

David Jarvie wrote:

> What is the best way to organise trunk and other KDE branches in local git
> clones? I'll use the example of kdepim trunk and 4.4, for which I want to
> maintain builds of each. Presumably if I create a local branch to mirror
> the remote 4.4 branch in the same local git repository as trunk, whenever
> I switch between trunk and 4.4 I'll have to rebuild kdepim completely
> whenever I want to build anything. That would suggest that the best
> practical way is to have separate local repositories for trunk and 4.4, so
> that switching branches doesn't force a rebuild.
> 
> If not, how can I avoid having to completely rebuild every time I switch
> branches?
> 
> This question also has relevance to local major feature branches, which
> also tend to trigger significant rebuilds when switching branches.
> 

Consider git-new-workdir. I haven't tried it yet. I just use multiple local 
clones.

http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/Additional-remote-on-a-local-clone-Where-do-
the-objects-go-td5485752.html



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