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# Create new WIP branch off master:
git checkout -b hudsonBuild-someWIP --track origin/master

# Make experimental changes, commit them.

# Push upstream:
git push origin hudsonBuild-someWIP

# Hudson sees the branch appear and automatically builds the code.

# If others have meanwhile done other work on master, you'll first have to:
git checkout hudsonBuild-someWIP
git pull --rebase

# If you like the changes and want them on master, do EITHER this:
git checkout master
git merge --ff-only hudsonBuild-someWIP

# OR, alternatively, get your WIP into master as follows (this usually works better, with less stupid merge conflicts) :
rm *patch
git checkout hudsonBuild-someWIP
git format-patch origin/master
git checkout master
git am --ignore-space-change --3way --ignore-date *.patch

# Now push your work to master!
git push origin master

# Whether you keep the changes or not, prune the branch from the remote server (note the colon):
git push origin :hudsonBuild-someWIP

# Switch back to master and delete the WIP branch:
git checkout master
git branch -d hudsonBuild-someWIP

# Or if for whatever reason you like to keep WIP branch around locally for a moment, then instead:
git checkout master
git branch -m hudsonBuild-someWIP _DONE_hudsonBuild-someWIP