[Github-comments] [geany] error during compilation - spawn.c (#764)

[zhekov]

What I do know as "creating a PR" is (generic terminology, not git)

Open GitHub and fork Geany into myname.
Create a branch on github myname.
Fetch geany myname from github.
Switch to branch and edit it.
Commit it.
Open github and create PR.

The details may vary a bit, for example a subsequent fork may be "ff only", but generally it should be something like that. Now we have:

1. geany master
2. myname master on gitgub
3. myname branch on github
4. myname master on the local machine
5. myname branch on the local machine

I cannot help but think that a total of 5 Geany copies are a bit too much for a simple PR. And copies 2-5 are not really related to geany master - "origin master" means myname master. Huh...

If I understood the protected branches correctly, the scheme will be:

1. geany master - protected, writable to leading devs only.
2. geany mybranch on github - writable to myname as creator.
3. geany mybranch on the local machine.

Simpler, real origin, and GitHub PR-s are be used because they are convenient, not required. Though seeing all branches may be a bit too much for the leading devs.

The procedure itself is not much shorter, but there's less room for errors, and syncing is simpler - actually nil, you always start from the current geany master.

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