I ran into the same issue and filed an INFRA jira too. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-10720
So +1 for having the git control back Thanks Anu On 11/10/15, 2:45 PM, "Steve Loughran" <ste...@hortonworks.com> wrote: > >> On 10 Nov 2015, at 22:07, Karthik Kambatla <ka...@cloudera.com> wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> Recently, Infra disabled force-pushes (and non-fast-forward pushes) to all >> branches to avoid accidental overwrites or deletions. >> >> I propose we reach out to Infra and ask for an exemption since our workflow >> for feature branches involves deletions and force-pushes. >> > >I asked them for this exemption for all branches called feature/* earlier >today; its consistent with the git flow branch naming. > >if all feature branches go in under there, people working on them are free to >rebase as they choose. > >> We should likely wait for a day or so to hear any concerns against this >> request. Also, can someone volunteer following up on this? I am going away >> on vacation shortly, and will have limited access to internet/email. >> > > >
