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A hotfix is a single, cumulative package that includes information that is used to address a problem in a software product, i.e. a software bug.

During the software development cycle, when in-between regularly scheduled release dates for software upgrades if a problem requiring immediate resolution occurs a development team may release a "hotfix" to resolve the problem.

A hotfix usually is highly targeted at the specific problem requiring the immediate attention. Often times this is accomplished by simply reverting back recent changes so that the issue can be investigated more thoroughly without impeding the production environment, this is often times referred to as "rolling back".

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How to make gitflow allow multiple hotfix creation?

I'm struggling to set gitflow to allow multiple hotfixes creation... I've run the commands: git config --add gitflow.multi-hotfix true git config --global gitflow.multi-hotfix true And when I run: git config --list git config --global --list I can…
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Deploying Azure Web Role Failing. value cannot be null

I have a number of web applications live in azure, all web roles. All have been published many times before, but when I try to publish any of them now, I am getting a failure. The feedback is: Value cannot be null, Parameter name: s. I think this…
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How do Microsoft (and other software companies with a large installed base) manage patch dependencies?

OS (usually security-based) patches and hotfixes that Microsoft releases to the community normally consist of, in my understanding, a series of updated DLLs or other binaries. How does Microsoft, and other companies like it, ensure that that…
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Git push fails to push to origin - no such ref

I'm having trouble pushing commits on a hotfix branch created with git-flow to the remote repository. Here is the error: $ git push origin hotfix/MyHotfix Counting objects: ... etc To {my remote repo} ! [remote rejected] hotfix/MyHotfix ->…
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Gitflow workflow to move hotfixes from master to development?

Given a repo with both master and development branches, hotfixes are branched off of master and are then merged into master with a pull request (PR) on Github. What's the best way to get hotfixes moved from master to develoment? What we've been…
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How to detect if .NET Framework hotfix is installed

According to Microsoft Download Page for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, I should install KB959209 and KB967190 immediately after installing the .NET Framework package: IMPORTANT: After installing the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 package (either the bootstrapper…
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Mongodb hotfix KB2731284

I installed MongoDb on a windows server 2008 R2 and the hotfix KB2731284 is not installed, but I cannot restart the server easily. In the hotfix description, I got this message "You run an application that uses the FlushViewOfFile() function to…
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Git hotfix branch merge

What are the best practices of merging hotfix branch into master/develop? Do I need to merge it into both branches hotfix → master hotfix → develop or merge to master and then to develop after. hotfix → master → develop
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Hot-fixing a bug in a third-party library dependency

I found a minor bug in a bigger application framework that I am using. Fixing requires only to change two lines in a single class. I fixed the issue and pushed the changes to the project's repository. However, I need to release tomorrow. Therefore,…
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API/WMI Query for complete list of hotfixes and updates installed on a system?

Previously, how to query for a list of hotfixes installed on a Windows system has been discussed, and the use of WMI and the class Win32_QuickFixEngineering was suggested as providing the information. However MSDN indicates that from Vista onwards…
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Windows Update API c# : set download location

I'm writing a code to automatically download & install windows updates. (using "tlbimped" wuapi.dll and some sample code found over the Internet). UpdateDownloader updateDownloader = Sesion.CreateUpdateDownloader(); updateDownloader.Updates = new…
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purpose of git hotfix branch

CMIIW, the famous git-flow workflow above suggests the step for conducting a hotfix is as followed: stable branch: 'master' working branch: 'develop' branch 'hotfix' out from 'master' fix and commit to 'hotfix' merge 'hotfix' into 'master' merge…
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Django migration between branches releases

We are to start branching our master code in the first stable version, and the company has to maintain 2 feature releases. To manage the migrations we use the django migration, but what we don't know is how to load with the hotfix scripts that we…
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Git Flow Hotfix - Peer Review & merge into remote master & develop

I have a hotfix which I would like to submit for peer review. I am using git-flow http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ git-flow doesn't appear to have a git flow hotfix publish command. How I am tackling this is as…
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How can I include KB2670838 in an installer with InstallShield 2013?

I'm using InstallShield 2013 to make a Basic MSI installer for an application that requires Windows Platform Update KB2670838. For .NET frameworks and other requirements, I select them in InstallShield in the Redistributables section. KB2670838 is…
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