From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Naming scheme for branches which will not be merged.
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:29:54 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvd27qc7i4.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAdUY-LARYybX7b0zTN9j=cr-uvk1cT+Gs2353TjfMO=LTVemg@mail.gmail.com> (Artur Malabarba's message of "Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:29:21 +0000")
> What naming scheme should we use? Either prefix the branch name with
> something really obvious, like “dont-merge/BRANCH-NAME”, so that
> people who unaware of this convention don't make that mistake. Or
> prefix it with any of the usual words that denote in-development, such
> as “dev/BRANCH-NAME”.
I vote against `dont-merge', and propose `scratch' as another contender.
> Should the creator of the branch add his/her username to it? i.e.
> “dont-merge/malabarba/BRANCH-NAME”.
I don't see a strong need to put the user in the branch name, unless you
want to state explicitly that other developers shouldn't mess with it.
Stefan
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2014-12-11 18:29 Naming scheme for branches which will not be merged Artur Malabarba
2014-12-11 19:29 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2014-12-11 23:13 ` Artur Malabarba
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