Re: Reference for git.git release process

Raman Gupta [off-list ref] writes:

Junio C Hamano wrote:
...

quoted

That is more-or-less correct, even though I'd actually do either

	git branch -f next master

or

	git checkout next
        git reset --hard master

instead of deleting and recreating.

Is that a stylistic preference or does your approach have some
advantage over the delete/create? Doesn't git branch -f internally
delete and re-create?

No, yes, and no.  The last answer "no" relates to the fact that the
preservation of the reflog and per-branch configuration for "next", which
is the reason behind the second answer "yes".

... The only
concern I had with this workflow was the difficult to understand
visualization of the history. So to repeat my earlier question: Are
there some canned gitk invocations, or other tips/tricks/approaches,...

I do not share the difficulty, and there is no answer from me to your
"earlier" question.  Perhaps other people have some tips.