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"Christopher Wood" <caw@heapingbits.net> Wed, 16 October 2019 16:50 UTC

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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:50:26 -0700
From: Christopher Wood <caw@heapingbits.net>
To: wgchairs@ietf.org
Subject: Re: IETF Git and GitHub tutorial
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On Wed, Oct 16, 2019, at 9:23 AM, Michael Richardson wrote:
> 
> Jim Fenton <fenton@bluepopcorn.net> wrote:
>     >> The lack of a complete web-based workflow (the missing git 
> rebase step) means
>     >> it's just better not to do that.
> 
>     > If the workflow includes a rebase, you'll probably lose all but the more
>     > experienced git users since rebase is considered by many to be advanced
>     > functionality and isn't something that many git users learn.
> 
> AFAIK, The alternative for a web-only github interaction is that the contributor
> deletes their forked repo, and makes a new fork.   If you can come up with an
> alternative, then please do.  This is why I don't think that teaching
> CLI-phobic users to use github is a good use of our time.

>From my perspective, this tutorial aims to help those WGs that have elected to use GitHub in some capacity. If contributors of those WGs want to use GitHub yet don't know how, then this should help get them started. (And if it doesn't, then we should fix that!) It's a reference for those who need it.

Best,
Chris

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