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["Marie E. Rognes" <meg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/15/2013 02:37 PM, Anders Logg wrote:
> I suggest we adopt the "gitworkflows" development model as described here:
>
>    https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitworkflows.html
>
> (Can also be read by the command 'man 7 gitworkflows'.)
>
> In more detail, I suggest we
>
> - create 'maint', 'master', 'next' branches in the official repository
>
> - skip the 'pu' branch for now
>
> - publish topic branches in personal repositories
>
> - follow the "gitworkflows" model otherwise
>
> Core developers should read up on the description of gitworkflows and
> comment. Any objections to adopting this model?
>
> The main motivation is that this is a standard model used by many
> other projects, including our PETSc friends who can share their
> experience and give us pointers when we stumble.

So, you are referring to the PETSc model as described here:

  https://bitbucket.org/petsc/petsc/wiki/developer-instructions-git
  https://bitbucket.org/petsc/petsc/wiki/quick-dev-git

as suggested earlier by Garth? Sounds good to me.

--
Marie


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> Anders
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