[Chicago] tell us how you do something

[Martin Maney]

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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