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Linus On Branching Practices
rocket22 writes "Not long ago Linus Torvalds made some comments about issues the kernel maintainers were facing while applying the 'feature branch' pattern. They are using Git (which is very strong with branching and merging) but still need to take care of the branching basics to avoid ending up with unstable branches due to unstable starting points. While most likely your team doesn't face the same issues that kernel development does, and even if you're using a different DVCS like Mercurial, it's worth taking a look at the description of the problem and the clear solution to be followed in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes. The same basics can be applied to every version control system with good merge tracking, so let's avoid religious wars and focus on the technical details."
These discussions are laughable. ClearCase identified and solved all these problems in the commercial world long before Free software. The problem is that the sort of people who do kernel work don't work for the sort of companies that can afford the ClearCase licensing fees - or at least *mostly* don't.
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