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diff --git a/Etc/zsh-development-guide b/Etc/zsh-development-guide index 2ed75423b..7f5266bd9 100644 --- a/Etc/zsh-development-guide +++ b/Etc/zsh-development-guide @@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ Git Workflow Zsh has migrated from CVS to git for version control. Thus far, we have avoided further changes to our workflow. - + * To allow changesets to be cross-referenced between the mailing list archives and version control history, commit messages should start with the mailing list sequence number. This number is generated by the list server and inserted as an X-Seq: header field in the e-mail. - + * An entry in the ChangeLog file should be added manually before pushing a commit to the master repository. Don't create a separate change for this: amend the existing commit in your local repository. @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ Micro Git Tutorial: % $VISUAL file1.c file2.c new-file3.c % git add new-file3.c % git commit -a + % git pull --rebase % git push "git commit -a" automatically finds files which are tracked and have @@ -89,6 +90,12 @@ Micro Git Tutorial: the index to be part of the next commit, and can be used for new files or for existing files (commit -a is a shortcut for the latter) +"git pull --rebase" ensures your local branch is up to date, needed +before pushing; the "--rebase" option means that any changes +in files also modified by you are handled by replaying your changes +onto the remote ones, which avoids any unnecessary merges in the +resulting history. + "git push" assumes that you're on the master branch and the repository was created by cloning it from some place, with default options. |