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From: Greg KH <gregkh@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: Patrice Clement <monsieurp@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] On banning merge commits
Date: Sun, 08 May 2016 08:21:40
Message-Id: 20160508082123.GA12156@kroah.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] On banning merge commits by cbergstrom@pathscale.com
1 On Sun, May 08, 2016 at 01:44:43PM +0800, cbergstrom@×××××××××.com wrote:
2 > Don't be crazy - I know many developer groups which dislike merge
3 > commits. That nonlinear work flow is just a mess long term.
4
5 Really? What "mess" does it cause?
6
7 Are things harder to bisect? Harder to determine what came before what?
8 Harder to do future development? Harder because it is unfamiliar
9 compared to the cvs workflow?
10
11 Or just "messier" when you look at the graph of the tree?
12
13 What is the _real_ reason that you don't like merges?
14
15 thanks,
16
17 greg k-h

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Re: [gentoo-dev] On banning merge commits Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o>