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Thu, 09 January 2014 02:19

Eclipse User

Hi there,

I need some help to do the correct steps (it might be more git than eGit related):
I have a git project on github. It's some software extension development for another software. It would be good to create a new branch for each version of this software which would then allow me to build my stuff exactly for a certain version and to now mess up with new features from this other software.
Would I have to create a local branch first? If yes, how would I have to configure the "create new branch" dialog. So far, I did only very basic stuff with git (no branching). I'm not sure whether I understand all options (selection of source ref, pull strategy).

Can anybody help?

Re: create an new branch [message #1229674 is a reply to message #1229315]

Thu, 09 January 2014 19:34

Eclipse User

First you should understand how to work with branches, start
reading here
http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/User_Guide#Branches
and here
http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Branching

You may also consider to go through the EGit tutorial linked from the user guide
http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/User_Guide#EclipseCon_2012_Git_Tutorial

You can either first create a new local branch and push that to github in order to create a new remote branch.
Or you can create the new branch on Github https://help.github.com/articles/creating-and-deleting-branches-within-your-repository
and fetch it to your local repository.

The source defines the starting point of your new branch and is used to configure tracking.
This is explained here
http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/User_Guide#Pulling_New_Changes_from_Upstream_Branch
http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Branching-Remote-Branches#Tracking-Branches

Re: create an new branch [message #1231728 is a reply to message #1229674]

Wed, 15 January 2014 04:04

Eclipse User

Thanks a lot!
I will give it a look (especially the tutorial which I was not aware of until now) Smile

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