Re: [9fans] Git usage

[Christopher Nielsen <cnielsen@pobox.com>]

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Like Ron, I also leave my branches around for reference unless I know for
certain I will never have any use for them. That's just my workflow,
though. Others will probably have different ideas.

Chris

On Sun, Jan 12, 2025, 14:14 Ron Minnich <rminnich@p9f.org> wrote:

> with the Linus git, you can
> git push origin :multiboot_magic
> and it's gone.
>
>  Not quite sure about Ori's git.
>
> That's the only way I've done it.
>
> I actually have 540 branches at my u-root fork, so I'm hardly a good
> example. I leave them lying around for reference.
>
> On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM Paul Lalonde <paul.a.lalonde@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Now that I'm doing some daily development, I'm running into process
> issues with git.  That probably means I'm doing something wrong, and I'm
> hoping someone might disabuse me.
> >
> > My workflow is to sync my github fork of rminnich/nixos, then git/pull
> to get up to date with my repo.  I then make a branch for my work:
> git/branch -b remotes/origin/regen -n some_feature
> > After some time, I commit my changes and git/push.  I can then generate
> the pull request on github and manage the review there, etc, then delete
> the branch on github, then 'git/branch regen && git/branch -d some_feature'
> to clean up my world.
> >
> > This almost works, but leaves a bunch of remotes in my repo:
> >
> > fluxcpu% git/branch -a
> > heads/master
> > heads/fix_multiboot_magic
> > heads/keep
> > heads/_rebase.working
> > heads/fix_mp_init
> > heads/some_feature
> > remotes/origin/master
> > remotes/origin/regen
> > remotes/origin/boots
> > remotes/origin/multiboot_magic
> > remotes/origin/fix_multiboot_magic
> > remotes/origin/fix_mp_init
> >
> >
> > What's the right way to clean up these ever-growing remotes?
> >
> > Paul
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