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Re: To Merge or copy a feature branch?

From: Jan Hendrik <list.jan.hendrik_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:23:42 +0200

Concerning Re: To Merge or copy a feature bran
Les Mikesell wrote on 16 Sep 2009, 8:50, at least in part:

> I know the advice usually is to merge, but what if there have been
> enough changes in a branch that its history is really more
> representative than what is currently in trunk and its contents are
> what you want? Is there anything conceptually or philosophically
> wrong with deleting the trunk and copying the branch back to replace
> it?

I suppose the major notion is that the history is not lost, it's just
not accessible as easily in a (deleted) branch as in the continuous
trunk. For philiophical or ethical wrongs I would think it all depends
on how interesting or important history of either trunk or branch or
both or even in general is to the respective
user/team/company/project.

JH
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