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Don't be crazy - I know many developer groups which dislike merge commits. That nonlinear work flow is just a mess long term. |
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Original Message |
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From: Michał Górny |
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Sent: Sunday, May 8, 2016 13:09 |
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To: Patrice Clement |
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Reply To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o |
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Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] On banning merge commits |
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On Sun, 8 May 2016 01:52:22 +0200 |
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Patrice Clement <monsieurp@g.o> wrote: |
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> Hi gents |
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> After yet another discussion about git in the #gentoo-dev channel tonight, the |
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> topic of merge commits came up for the umpteenth time. |
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> We all seem to agree merge commits are really bad design, add clutter to the |
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> log graph after a while and should be banned altogether from reaching the |
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> central repository. |
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> As of now, no policy is in place yet to keep developers from pushing merge |
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> commits. |
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> What is the correct course of action? I would very much like it to be worded in |
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> a document (GLEP and/or Wiki page) so that confusion is avoided and we all are |
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> on the same page on this topic. |
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You start by accepting my retirement. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/> |
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