Re: [a new branch?] (was: Output to directory patch)

[Tassilo Horn]

Al Haji-Ali <abdo.haji.ali@gmail.com> writes:

>> Thanks, I've pushed it to a same-named branch on our repository so
>> Uwe and others can test-drive it more easily.  Feel free to ping me
>> when I should update it.
>
> Thank you for creating the branch.
> Do you prefer I ping you privately by email or in this list?

Just ping me on this list so that user's like Uwe see when an updated
version gets available.

>> It looks like you regularly rebase it onto master.  I like that but
>> I'm not sure what users like Uwe think.  If you "git pull" a rebased
>> branch (and you have no local changes), will that just work or do you
>> also need to "git reset --hard origin/branch"?
>>
> Indeed, one would have to run `git reset ...`.  I preferred to rebase
> so that it is easier for you as AUCTeX maintainers to merge changes
> and since no one was using my repo besides me.

Yes, I prefer this workflow, too.

> I can switch to merging changes instead if that is more convenient for
> you when pulling changes.

No, I have no problem with the rebase workflow and prefer it for
aforementioned reason.

Bye,
Tassilo