Should I change the way I do private branches in osmocom?
I push a lot of private branches everywhere. I was asked in PM if I could cut
down on branches a bit because it clutters other developers' view of the git
history. My immediate response was: the other developer should simply not fetch
my branches, or invoke tig or gitk in a way that shows only selected branches.
But I reflected a bit and would like to ask generally how we want to do it.
For osmocom it apparently is mostly me pushing private branches a lot. What if
we all did that...
In linux kernel development it seems to be more like each developer has her own
public repository to make a mess in.
So, i could make git clones of our main repositories in gitea and keep my
private branches there. It seems like maybe i should do that out of common
courtesy.
But it also adds a bunch of overhead for me, keeping separate repositories
synced. Having multiple remotes affects git commandline behavior. I used to
have separate fetch/push URLs for a while, but it was annoying in some ways.
I can change my ways, but only if i really have to.
Any opinions? Are my branches annoying?
Aspects:
- backup of my ongoing work. (daily)
- offering preliminary work to customers for manual build. (weekly)
- seeing what others are up to. (rare but happens)
- limiting branch clutter. (all the time for everyone)
thanks!
~N
