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Re: IETF Git and GitHub tutorial

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Wed, 16 October 2019 16:22 UTC

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Comments: In-reply-to Jim Fenton <fenton@bluepopcorn.net> message dated "Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:24:35 -0700."
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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.

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Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>, Sandelman Software Works
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