Alright, so I’ve been messing around with this “masters/elaborated” thing, and let me tell you, it’s been a journey. I started off completely clueless, just staring at the words like they were some ancient code.
First thing I did was try to understand what the heck it even meant. I mean, “masters” okay, like the main branch in Git, got it. But “elaborated”? That threw me for a loop. I did some digging, and basically, it seemed like it was about making the “masters” branch, well, more elaborate. More detailed, more built-out.
My First Steps
I created a fresh, empty repository. Gotta start somewhere, right? Then I made my initial commit, the usual “Hello, world!” type of thing. Just to get something, anything, on the “masters” branch.
- Create repository.
- Initial commit to “masters”.
Building It Up
Then came the “elaborated” part. I started adding more files, more folders, more…stuff. I wasn’t really building anything specific, just trying to flesh it out. Like adding dummy files, placeholder content, that sort of thing. I was basically simulating a real project, but without the actual functionality.
I committed these changes regularly, with messages like “Added more dummy files” and “Expanded directory structure”. I was trying to keep track of my progress, even though it was all pretty meaningless at this point.
Experimenting with Branches
Then I thought, “Okay, what if I want to add something really experimental?” So I created a new branch off of “masters”, called it “experiment-1”. I added some crazy code in there, stuff I wasn’t sure would even work. Then I switched back to “masters” and it was like that crazy code never existed! That’s the beauty of branches, I guess.
- Created “experiment-1” branch.
- Added experimental code.
- Switched back to “masters” – clean!
Merging It All Together
Finally, I decided to merge my “experiment-1” branch back into “masters”. I used the merge command, and poof, the crazy code was now part of “masters”. It was like magic, but also a little scary, because now “masters” was definitely more “elaborated”, but also potentially broken.
So that’s my journey with “masters/elaborated”. It was more of a learning exercise than anything else. I learned about branches, merging, and how to make a simple branch into something bigger. It felt like I created some structure.
