1.0 approaches

[Dustin Sallings]

On Feb 8, 2008, at 17:06, Mike Kupfer wrote:

> Dustin> Can you describe the key differences between git branches  
> and hg
> Dustin> branches?
>
> I don't have any experience with git, but there was a discussion on  
> the
> XEmacs development list last month that included some comparisons
> between git branches and hg branches.
>
> http://calypso.tux.org/pipermail/xemacs-beta/2008-January/013451.html

	Huh.  Looking through that thread, it seems that it just kind of  
feels better without being functionally different.  I'm probably  
tainted by using mercurial named branches for a while now so I might  
just be doing it wrong, but it looks similar enough to me.

> Dustin>   log needs to allow me to show only a single branch.
>
> If I understand the complaints from the XEmacs developer, this would
> definitely help.  Some sort of branch-local notation (e.g., show me
> changeset N and the previous two on that branch) would be useful,  
> too, I
> gather.


	We use named branches heavily at work.  I suppose it's in my best  
interest to try to make it better.

	Thanks for the pointer.

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Dustin Sallings