In message 46C984A0.5030602@smiths-aerospace.com you wrote:
Based on your request above, it would appear that we have not convinced you that pulling from a branch is a Good Thing[tm]. If that is the case, the alternate technique I would advocate would be...
Pulling from a branch is OK with me, iff
* I know about it * the branch to pull from remains static, i. e. it doesn't change with every other pull request.
However, I think that what I pull from is considered themost stable, best tested branch, so to me it makes sense if this is the "trunk" where everybody else is pulling from who is interested in a certain tree.
An argument for using the "master" branch is that outstanding patches are easier to find and view via gitweb. Figuring out where to click to view a branch is not obvious, it requires scrolling down to the bottom of the page. We've had that issue on the email list and I have to sympathize because it threw me for a minute myself the first time I tried to see changes that were in a branch.
That's my thinking - if you tell someone "get this from the xxx custodian repo", they will most not be looking for branches.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk