ANN: pbranch extension (alternative to mq, like topgit and bzr loom)

[Peter Arrenbrecht]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Leslie P. Polzer
<sky at viridian-project.de> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Leslie P. Polzer
>> <sky at viridian-project.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Peter,
>>>
>>> I've been watching pbranch for quite some time now
>>> but unfortunately haven't managed to learn it.
>>
>> Is this an issue with the docs or just lack of spare time?
>
> Both: I think a TOC that also shows deeper sections would
> help greatly because it would make it easier to pick some
> workflow I need and learn more about it.

OK, I made a note of this:
http://www.bitbucket.org/parren/hg-pbranch/issue/16/show-deeper-section-titiles-in-main-toc

>>> How does it compare to Git's local branches?
>>
>> Like Git's TopGit compares to Git's local branches. See here for
>> details about TopGit:
>>
>>   http://repo.or.cz/w/topgit.git?a=blob;f=README
>
> Slightly different question then: does pbranch/TopGit make
> local branches obsolete?
>
> I couldn't find anything in the TopGit document about that
> either.

No, they don't. They build on them. You'll end up with one branch per
patch you're maintaining. They organize the flow of merges between
those branches.
-parren