Branches workflow

[Pavel Sanda]

On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 03:29:31PM +0100, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 03:19:08PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> > Le 03/03/2025 ? 15:12, Scott Kostyshak a écrit :
> > > True, my theory is that some developers don't use branches because
> > > having to use the features repo is just a bit more of an inconvenience
> > > than using the main repo. I'm not so confident in my theory though.
> > 
> > Why is it less convenient? I personally use several remotes in the same
> > directory. I do not care much where the branches come from.
> 
> I guess you're right it's not that much more inconvenient. You just have
> to add the remote and know which user/branch-name to check out. I do not
> know if SVN had the concept of multiple remotes, so I don't know if
> everyone feels comfortable with them. But indeed it should not make much
> of a difference.

We have whole section of how to work with features repository if someone
wants to get more comfortable with the concept:
https://wiki.lyx.org/Devel/LyXGit#toc4

I do not have very hard opinion if ppl remove the branches once they
are merged, but I do not see what's the problem with using features repo
either.

Pavel