Subject: Re: Reference for git.git release process

From: Andreas Ericsson <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:05:58 +0100

Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> In addition, you can keep older maintenance track around, i.e.
> 
> 	git branch maint-X.Y.(Z-1) maint
>         git checkout maint
>         git merge master
> 
> so that maintenance releases for even older codebase _could_ be issued
> _if_ necessary.
> 

Assuming one tags ones releases (which one should, and git.git does),
creating maint-X.Y.Z when it's actually needed is a far better approach.

No morning coffee yet, Junio? ;-)

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