diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | git.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -22,14 +22,18 @@ a complete local copy of the whole codebase branches become very fast. Consequently, git development revolves much more strongly than most version control systems around a model of creating a temporary local branch for a particular bugfix or feature, getting that branch to work -correctly, and then merging it into the upstream repository. +correctly, and then merging it into the upstream repository; +therefore, as well as fast branching it also has very powerful support +for merging. -Baserock revolves very strongly around this model. The whole Baserock +Baserock is designed to take full advantage of this. The whole Baserock system is stored in git. Making changes to your system involves branching your system as a whole, making changes to the components of Baserock you want to modify in a local branch in your local git repositories, and eventually merging those changes into your -upstream repository. +upstream repository. Part of Baserock's power is in its ability +to automate the process of branching every component in +your system as you work on them. Apart from its suitability by design for such a development model, and because of its scalability, we use git because it is by far the |