[Python-Dev] Hg: inter-branch workflow

[Barry Warsaw]

On Mar 22, 2011, at 07:51 AM, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

>Am 22.03.2011 02:02, schrieb Eugene Toder:
>>> Not if the changes you want to suppress are actually also on the same
>>> branch as the one whose mainline you are trying to see (which they
>>> typically are, with the branch typically being "default").
>>
>> Right, that would amount to not using named branches. But if you
>> develop on a named feature-branch and merge into "default" when ready
>> your local history is easy to filter-out without rebasing or
>> collapsing.
>
>Ah. We don't support this kind of development - no new named branches
>are allowed in the central repository.

It does sound like that restriction is a source of friction for us.

-Barry
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