WIki Page discrepancies
Geert Janssens
geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
Mon Jan 29 12:33:10 EST 2018
Op maandag 29 januari 2018 17:42:01 CET schreef David T. via gnucash-devel:
> Hello,
>
> More on the two Git pages (“Git” and “An Introduction to Git”)(Thanks,
> Geert!).
>
> I notice that “An Introduction to Git” says that there are 2 important
> branches: master and maint, whereas “Git” says that there are three:
> master, maint, and unstable, with the note that unstable only exists when a
> new major release is imminent. I will assume that the latter is more right
> (insofar as it goes into more technical detail about the git branching that
> the project uses), but should the Intro page be changed to be more in line
> with the main Git page? Something like this:
>
> There are two primary branches in the GnuCash repositories:
> master
> is the default branch in git. New features and their documentation should
> be based on this branch. maint
> is the second important branch. Bugfixes, translations, and improvements
> to the documentation should usually be applied on this branch.
>
> A third branch, unstable will exist when a major release is imminent, but is
> used for beta releases.
>
> Cheers,
> David
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David,
Thanks for reviewing this.
Yes, I would keep this information similar on both pages. I think new
contributors would probably be very confused if the pages didn't state the
same and not know which one to believe.
Geert
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