Comments on: Manage Local Versions with Git http://www.digizenstudio.com/blog/2008/07/31/manage-local-versions-with-git/ Jing Xue's Weblog Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:25:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jing Xue http://www.digizenstudio.com/blog/2008/07/31/manage-local-versions-with-git/comment-page-1/#comment-102637 Jing Xue Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:01:16 +0000 http://www.digizenstudio.com/blog/?p=161#comment-102637 @Imran, Yes, templates work. I have used those before - when there wasn't git. :-) Although they do come up short compared to actually having the local files: 1. An obvious one: the local files aren't git-managed. So if I want to clone the repo _locally_, I'd have to manually copy them over. 2. When db-config.properties.template changes, the change has to be manually merged to db-config.properties, whereas with git there is a good chance it'll get automatically merged. 3. Not all the files can made into templates - for instance, Eclipse's .class and .project files. @Nadeem, You are right. Git checkout -b would be more straightforward. @Imran,

Yes, templates work. I have used those before – when there wasn’t git. :-) Although they do come up short compared to actually having the local files:

1. An obvious one: the local files aren’t git-managed. So if I want to clone the repo _locally_, I’d have to manually copy them over.

2. When db-config.properties.template changes, the change has to be manually merged to db-config.properties, whereas with git there is a good chance it’ll get automatically merged.

3. Not all the files can made into templates – for instance, Eclipse’s .class and .project files.

@Nadeem,

You are right. Git checkout -b would be more straightforward.

]]> By: Nadeem Bitar http://www.digizenstudio.com/blog/2008/07/31/manage-local-versions-with-git/comment-page-1/#comment-102176 Nadeem Bitar Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:54:32 +0000 http://www.digizenstudio.com/blog/?p=161#comment-102176 You can use git checkout -b to create a branch and switch to it. You can use git checkout -b to create a branch and switch to it.

]]> By: Imran M Yousuf http://www.digizenstudio.com/blog/2008/07/31/manage-local-versions-with-git/comment-page-1/#comment-101822 Imran M Yousuf Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:06:04 +0000 http://www.digizenstudio.com/blog/?p=161#comment-101822 For cases where a file needs to edited in local workspace one can actually check in a template of the file and then users can create their own version of it. I would actually suggest the template way. For example db-config.properties is a file that would require one to sepcify their subjective connection parameters I would add a db-config.properties.template and have users create their own version of it. Additionally I would also add it to git's ignore list (.gitignore) so that the file does not show up in index and does not affected due to git reset command. For cases where a file needs to edited in local workspace one can actually check in a template of the file and then users can create their own version of it. I would actually suggest the template way.

For example db-config.properties is a file that would require one to sepcify their subjective connection parameters I would add a db-config.properties.template and have users create their own version of it. Additionally I would also add it to git’s ignore list (.gitignore) so that the file does not show up in index and does not affected due to git reset command.

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