[OT] Question about Git branches

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

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On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 10:29 AM CEST Chris Angelico wrote:

>On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> wrote:
>> "Frank Millman" <frank at chagford.com>:
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>> You are encouraged to make liberal use of 'branches',
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>> Personally, I only use forks, IOW, "git clone". I encourage that
>> practice. Then, there is little need for "git checkout". Instead, I just
>> cd to a different directory.
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>> Branches and clones are highly analogous processwise; I would go so far
>> as to say that they are redundant.
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>But rather than listening to, shall we say, *strange* advice like
>this, Frank, you'll do well to pick up a reliable git tutorial, which
>should explain branches, commits, the working tree, etc, etc, etc.
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I like "Pragmatic guide to Git". 122 pages, to the point, practical.