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Re: reject merges on gdb release branches?
- From: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
- To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 21:22:43 -0800
- Subject: Re: reject merges on gdb release branches?
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- References: <20140122051133 dot GB4762 at adacore dot com>
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> wrote:
> We are already rejecting merge commits on branch master.
>
> I propose we do the same for the gdb-7.7 branch, and generally
> speaking on all GDB release branches, just to make sure that
> people don't accidently push a merge when they meant to cherry-pick.
> Thoughts?
>
> At the moment, it appears that this can only be done by adding
> a "BRANCH_NAME = true" line in the repository's config file.
> I can do that.
I like this idea.