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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Procedure for reverting commits on release branch
Date: Sun, 03 May 2020 13:20:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ho368hlyuu.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)


If a commit is made on the release branch, and then one wants to instead
have it only on master, then given the following commit sequence:

1) emacs-27: do something
2) emacs-27: revert something
3) master: do something

If gitmerge.el is now used to merge emacs-27 to master:
commit 1) is skipped, because it is already on master
commit 2) is merged

Net result: 3) is reverted on master and has to be applied again by hand.

Specific recent example: lisp/calculator.el


A more efficient way to do this would be:
1) emacs-27: do something
2) emacs-27: revert something, and mark "do not merge to master"

Then no special handling is needed. 



             reply	other threads:[~2020-05-03 17:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-03 17:20 Glenn Morris [this message]
2020-05-03 17:36 ` Procedure for reverting commits on release branch Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-04 17:06 ` Glenn Morris

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