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b : bug-lilypond@gnu.org 3 August 2012 • 5:39PM -0400

Re: CG 3.2.1: missing instructions on how to track the translation branch
by Graham Percival

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On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 01:17:38AM +0200, Federico Bruni wrote:
> Previously the doc contained complex git commands but there were
> full instructions for both developers and translators. Now (new)
> translators are missing some information.
>
> I think that all translators should know is these two commands:
>
> git branch --track translation origin/translation
> git checkout translation

I agree with this.

> On a side note, 'git clone' sees _all_ the remote branches.
> I think that it would be nice to say also how to clean all the
> remote branches that one will never use. You may say it's a nitpick,
> yes it is :-) but 'git branch -a' is a bit messy.

No.  This is *precisely* why the instructions were changed.  Just
run
  git branch
and you'll only see a "clean" list of branches that you use.

We're really trying to encourage developers to use branches, and
git is intended to have branches, so don't try to break this.

- Graham

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