[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #248: Enhance GetComponents functionality when dealing with git branches

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#248: Enhance GetComponents functionality when dealing with git branches
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  Reporter:  bmundim        |       Owner:  eric9       
      Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  accepted    
  Priority:  minor          |   Milestone:              
 Component:  GetComponents  |     Version:              
Resolution:                 |    Keywords:  git branches
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Comment (by eric9):

 It seems that the general wisdom is that one should not set up local
 branches unless you are actually planning to working on that branch. The
 problem is that the local branches will fall behind and become stale,
 which I believe is what Ian was saying. This means  that if we created
 local branches to track each remote branch, when users run
 {{{GetComponents --update}}} I would have to essentially do the following
 {{{
 for $branch in `git branch` {
   `git checkout $branch`;
   `git pull --rebase $branch`;
 }
 }}}

 This is certainly a possibility, but it involves a lot of extra work and
 could possibly lead to conflicts. Therefore I would suggest simply setting
 up remote-tracking branches for the branches that the user requests, like
 I said in my last post.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/248#comment:14>
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