[MacPorts] WorkingWithGit modified

[Fred Wright]

On Fri, 23 Sep 2016, Clemens Lang wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 01:08:38PM -0500, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> > Something I did not see discussed on this page was that after you
> > fork, and before you start making changes, you should create a branch
> > specific to the work you are doing.
>
> I didn't include this because it's not how I normally work. I usually
> only create branches for larger changes. I wouldn't be opposed to
> include it, but I'm probably not the best person to write these docs.

I always work that way so that I can keep branches inherited from upstream
"pristine", i.e. fast-forwardable.  That's less of an issue for someone
with direct commit access, though even there, working in a branch and
merging separately reduces the collision window for pushes.

Fred Wright