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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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> After yet another discussion about git in the #gentoo-dev channel |
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> tonight, the 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 |
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> to the log graph after a while and should be banned altogether from |
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> reaching the central repository. |
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They don't clutter the log graph at all, if you admit it is a graph and |
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not a chain :) |
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> As of now, no policy is in place yet to keep developers from pushing |
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> merge commits. |
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I was under the impression that merging is needed in order to preserve |
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commit signatures when e.g. merging someone else's work. |
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