Re: branch proposal

[Ben Pfaff]

John Darrington <address@hidden> writes:

> I think we've discussed this long enough.  We ought to go ahead and
> make that branch.

OK, done.  I created a "stable" branch that is currently
identical to master.  If you do "git fetch origin" you'll see it.

> PS:  I've always thought of branches as having a parent-child
> relationship to other branches.  Is there any meaning to such
> relationships in the git model?   How does making a branch in git
> differ, from the user's point of view, from making a completely new
> copy of the repository (if at all)?

A branch in Git is, as you say, essentially a new copy of the
repository.  Insofar as branches can have a good deal of common
history, or even be identical, branches can have relationships,
but there is nothing in Git that enforces or manages branch
relationships.
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