[Bioc-devel] cherry picking fixes to release

[Michael Lawrence]

Was the website ever updated for this? I don't see the

git checkout -b <RELEASE_X_Y> upstream/<RELEASE_X_Y>

which has to be done the first time patching a release.

On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Turaga, Nitesh <
Nitesh.Turaga at roswellpark.org> wrote:

> Thanks for the heads up. I will fix the documentation on the website.
>
> Best,
>
> Nitesh
>
> > On Oct 3, 2017, at 2:17 PM, Michael Lawrence <lawrence.michael at gene.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, that seems to have fixed it. Thanks for your help.
> >
> > I guess the guide on the Bioc website needs to be tweaked.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Turaga, Nitesh
> > <Nitesh.Turaga at roswellpark.org> wrote:
> >> I’m just guessing, but I think “git” is trying to work on the upstream
> RELEASE_3_5 directly.
> >>
> >> Maybe try,
> >>
> >>        git fetch —all
> >>        git checkout -b RELASE_3_5 upstream/RELEASE_3_5   ## This will
> create a local branch RELEASE_3_5 which follows your upstream/RELEASE_3_5
> >>
> >> This should not have that detached head state.
> >>
> >> Nitesh
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Oct 3, 2017, at 2:11 PM, Turaga, Nitesh
> <Nitesh.Turaga at RoswellPark.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Micheal,
> >>>
> >>> This is very interesting, I’m never run across it.
> >>>
> >>> Can you tell me what package you are working on, and I’ll try your
> commands as a user. (I won’t push anything, just want to reproduce the
> error)
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>>
> >>> Nitesh
> >>>> On Oct 3, 2017, at 1:51 PM, Michael Lawrence <
> lawrence.michael at gene.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Nitesh,
> >>>>
> >>>> I tried following your guide to fixing bugs in devel and release, but
> >>>> I hit a hurdle.
> >>>>
> >>>> I did a git fetch --all. Then a git branch RELEASE_3_5.
> >>>>
> >>>> But I end up in a weird detached head state.
> >>>>
> >>>> bash-3.2$ git branch
> >>>> * (HEAD detached from origin/RELEASE_3_5)
> >>>> master
> >>>>
> >>>> Do you have any ideas?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Michael
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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