Re: First-time pushing a patch

[Trevor Daniels]

Ian Hulin wrote Tuesday, November 08, 2011 11:25 PM

> I'd just like to check what the correct process is as I don't want 
> to
> screw up the first thing I push.  I presume the sequence would be
> something like this, once I've seen the Tracker status go to 
> Push-patch:
>
> # make sure master branch and remote repo are in sync.
> git checkout master
> git pull --rebase --verbose
> #answer prompts for ssh pass-phrase etc. here
> .
> .
> .

I would rebase T2025 here to branch from the updated
master, or cherrypick the commits.  That keeps the history
in origin/master cleaner by avoiding unnecessary merges.

> # merge branch into local repository master branch
> git merge T2025
> # dry-run just to be paranoid
> git push --dry-run --verbose
> <more ssh pass-phrase stuff>
> .
> .
> # now do it for real if the last one worked
> git push --verbose
>
> If someone could confirm that won't screw up the main repository 
> I'd be
> really grateful.

Looks fine to me

Trevor