[jboss-dev-forums] [JBoss AS7 Development] - How I work with github jboss-as

[Thomas Diesler]

Thomas Diesler [http://community.jboss.org/people/thomas.diesler%40jboss.com] created the discussion

"How I work with github jboss-as"

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Probably like everybody else I fork  https://github.com/jbossas/jboss-as https://github.com/jbossas/jboss-as using the github web UI.
Then I clone my fork to my local workspace

$ git clone git at github.com:jbosgi/jboss-as.git
$ cd jboss-as


I never commit anything to master. Instead, I checkout a feature branch and create a remote config to the upstream repo

$ git remote add upstream git://github.com/jbossas/jboss-as.git
$ git checkout -b the-next-cool-thing
Switched to a new branch 'the-next-cool-thing'


When the upstream master moves on I pull those changes in my master and push it to my public fork

$ git checkout master
Switched to branch 'master'
$ git pull upstream master
remote: Counting objects: 581, done
$ git push origin master
...
To git at github.com:jbosgi/jboss-as.git
   b55e9a0..bcad431  master -> master


This can be done by a cronjob and keeps my master in sync with the upstream master

I don't rebase a branch that I've pushed to a public repo because it breaks forks that where taken from that branch. Instead I regularly merge the changes from master to my feature branch.

$ git checkout the-next-cool-thing
$ get merge master
Updating b55e9a0..bcad431
Fast-forward
$ git push origin the-next-cool-thing
Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To git at github.com:jbosgi/jboss-as.git
 * [new branch]      the-next-cool-thing -> the-next-cool-thing


The beauty of git is that it can detect commits that were already applied. So my merges from master can be reapplied to master any time. When I'm done with the next cool thing I send a pull request to  http:// jbossas-pull-requests at lists.jboss.org and wait for however long it takes for my changes to show up on master. I resolve the issue in JIRA and reopen/assign to somebody who can take care of the pull to upstream.

When I'm done I delete the feature branch from my public repo

$ git push origin :the-next-cool-thing
To git at github.com:jbosgi/jboss-as.git
 - [deleted]         the-next-cool-thing


Generally I found that rebasing generates a lot of work especially when you have multiple feature branches and people building ontop of your work.

May this be useful
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