[Scummvm-devel] On using git correctly: Rebase vs. merge

Tarek Soliman tarek-spam at zeusmail.bounceme.net
Wed Feb 16 21:55:26 CET 2011


On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 08:53:13PM +0100, Marcus Comstedt wrote:
> --global does not make it global for the machine, it only sets it for
> the user.  To set it for all users on the machine, you have to use
> --system.

I only have 1 user in my laptop which I use for scummvm development and other git development.
Just wanted people to watch out for this.

> Setting the config in the repository misses the main use case, namely
> that you'll want the rebase flag for the initially created branch you
> get when you clone.

I thought the main use case was creating new branches not new clones.
-- 
Tarek




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