[vtk-developers] ANN: VTK topic stage

[David Gobbi]

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Marcus D. Hanwell
<marcus.hanwell at kitware.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I wanted to point out that the VTK topic stage is available for use to
> anyone with push access to VTK's main git repository. At present there is
> just one integration branch (master), and next will be added in the near
> future. You can push topic branches to the topic stage, and using the simple
> command line interface you can merge those topic branches into VTK's master
> branch.
> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Git#Topic_Stage
> This is the only way to make merge commits in VTK, at present this is an
> optional step for those wishing to use it. Now would be a great time to
> start using the topic stage, and let us know of any issues you encounter.
> CMake and Titan are already using the topic stage with master and next, if
> you are curious to see how this is being employed elsewhere.
> Thanks,
> Marcus
> --
> Marcus D. Hanwell, Ph.D.
> R&D Engineer, Kitware Inc.
> (518) 881-4937

Cool.  I followed the instructions on the wiki and everything was
easy, all I had to do was upgrade my "git" from 1.6 to 1.7.  It was
much easier to create and push a topic branch than it was to mess
around with forks on github.

  David