[C++-sig] Re: New indexing suite nearing review readiness

[Niki Spahiev]

David Abrahams wrote:
> Niki Spahiev <niki at vintech.bg> writes:
> 
> 
>>Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Final point: if someone updates files on the HEAD you will not see these
>>>changes on the branch unless you explicitly merge them. If you maintain a
>>>branch for a long time this can become very cumbersome. This leads to my
>>>survival rule #3: branch only at the latest point possible.
>>
>>rule #4: If you plan to merge more than once tag in *branch* before
>>and after each merge.
> 
> 
> If you're doing multiple merges from head to branch, tagging in HEAD
> is more useful than tagging in branch, it seems to me.  Tagging
> before the merge doesn't seem to have much advantage either, at least
> to me.
> 

Sorry if it's not clear. I meant merges from branch to head.

Niki Spahiev