Re: ‘core-updates’ merge is a squashed commit

[Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>]

Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:

> On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 02:40:32PM +0200, Andreas Enge wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 08:36:28AM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote:
>> Good news, thanks for all this work!
>
> Indeed!
>
>> > Unfortunately, when I tried to push it to 'master', it was rejected
>> > because of 56 unsigned commits on the 'core-updates' branch.  Note that
>> > all of the new commits I made (the reverts, the merge, and the
>> > cherry-picks) were all signed by me.  The unsigned commits that are
>> > blocking this have been on the 'core-updates' branch for quite some
>> > time.
>> > 
>> > If there are unsigned commits on 'core-updates-next', I guess we'll run
>> > into the same problem trying to merge that branch later.
>
> Yes, I had this problem yesterday.
>
>> A possible solution would be to disable the commit hook that forces
>> signatures, make these commits, and reenable the hook; hoping that noone
>> adds an unsigned commit in the meantime... It would require to coordinate
>> with a savannah administrator.
>
> I think we have to do this, unfortunately.

I just did this.  Huge thanks to Lisa Marie Maginnis, GNU sysadmin
extraordinaire, for promptly responding to my plea for help :)

However, we should take steps to avoid this problem in the future.  The
most recent unsigned commit on 'core-updates' was from only 3 days ago,
by Andreas.  "gnu: unison: Add input ghostscript".  I'm fairly sure this
was after we added the commit hook, so I guess the hook only applies to
'master'.

So, if I understand correctly, we're currently in a state where unsigned
commits can accidentally get pushed to other branches, making those
branches unmergeable into 'master'.

      Mark