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[PATCH 6/8] HACKING: rewindable branches should live in the 'experimenta
From: |
Stefano Lattarini |
Subject: |
[PATCH 6/8] HACKING: rewindable branches should live in the 'experimental/*' namespace |
Date: |
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:29:42 +0100 |
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
---
HACKING | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 0ff1eef..d8ee634 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -131,9 +131,12 @@
merged even when they don't appear early in the list.
* The 'master' and 'maint' branches should not be rewound, i.e., should
- always fast-forward, except maybe for privacy issues. For 'next' (if
- that will ever be implemented), and for feature branches, the announcement
- for the branch should document rewinding policy.
+ always fast-forward, except maybe for privacy issues. For 'next'
+ (if that will ever be implemented), and for feature branches, the
+ announcement for the branch should document rewinding policy. If a
+ topic branch is expected to be rewound, it is good practice to put
+ it in the 'experimental/*' namespace; for example, a rewindable branch
+ dealing with Vala support could be named like "experimental/vala-work".
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= Writing a good commit message
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1.8.1.rc3.192.g2d0029e
- [PATCH 0/8] Few minor improvements to HACKING, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/01/10
- [PATCH 2/8] HACKING: we use "merge --log" even when merging master, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/01/10
- [PATCH 1/8] HACKING: typofix, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/01/10
- [PATCH 3/8] HACKING: "detailed explanation" in commit messages is almost mandatory, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/01/10
- [PATCH 4/8] HACKING: commit messages are not to follow GCS ChangeLog rules too strongly, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/01/10
- [PATCH 5/8] HACKING: fixlets about git branch rewinding policy, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/01/10
- [PATCH 6/8] HACKING: rewindable branches should live in the 'experimental/*' namespace,
Stefano Lattarini <=
- [PATCH 7/8] HACKING: bug-tracker, the PLANS directory, and how to plan "big" changes, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/01/10
- [PATCH 8/8] HACKING: minor typofix, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/01/10