[Chicago] tell us how you do something
Martin Maney
maney at two14.net
Wed May 11 04:52:35 CEST 2011
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:29:32AM -0500, Carl Karsten wrote:
> I just install git on my production box and check out master. works
> fine most of the time, but every so often I wish I was able to fix a
> bug without having to pull down stuff that isn't really ready yet.
Sounds like you just need to use git for more than just syncing. Start
a new branch and drop your changes in, or cherrypick that delta from
upstream, or... whatever. Merge master back in when it's stable for
you. Lather, rinse, repeat as necessary...
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