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Re:Linus Torvalds: 'I Do No Coding Any More' by cutemonster on Monday July 06, 2020 @05:40AM (#23746151)
> they just overwrite them and push the overwrite back to repository.

I'm not sure I understand what they're doing -- they overwrite some of the changes in their local working tree, and push to the repo, without explaining what they did/what they changed or why?

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Re:Linus Torvalds: 'I Do No Coding Any More' by mister_hn on Monday July 06, 2020 @07:31AM (#23746774)
Exactly. They keep a folder which isn't git-sync'ed (they fear the overwrites), then git pull on another folder and with graphic diff tools (e.g. Meld), they compare the changes. If they don't like the changes, they simply recopy the files from the non-sync'ed folder to the git folder and push it (a cherry pick would be too hard for them)
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Re:Linus Torvalds: 'I Do No Coding Any More' by cutemonster on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @05:09AM (#23768211)
Sounds like annoying to get no feedback about one's changes

Thanks for explaining

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