Experimental branches

[Doug Evans]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com> wrote:
>>> But I've already pushed several commits onto the upstream branch.
>>> Everything I've read about git says don't rebase if you've already
>>> pushed your branch upstream.
>>
>> That's if you've actually got multiple developers coordinating.
>>
>> For solo development on branches, rebasing minimizes the state
>> difference between trunk and the branch, and so is quite handy
>> (essential?) for preparing to submit a patch set for review.
>
> Yes. I already had a collaborator pull from my branch, and I didn't
> want to disrupt him.

Don't worry about me! :-)

I know git well enough now to cope.

[Which isn't to dismiss your point, which is valid,
but if it's just me ...]