Hello all! We currently have 182 branches on the apache/geode repository. This is excessive. Please fork the main repository and save your branches there. If you must use the apache/geode repository for some reason, please be diligent in your removal of dead branches.
*I would like to begin removing branches soon.* Many branches appear to refer to JIRA tickets that are closed, or have pull requests against them that have been merged. These seem safe to delete. Many branches are thousands of commits behind develop or months to even years old. Some of these branches have no commits since they were branched. Release branches notwithstanding, these seem relatively safe to delete. I suspect there are some that should be maintained for legal or legacy reasons, in which case please let me know. This can be done most safely if you, as a responsible developer and reasonably-clean adult, were to pick up your own room. If you have anything listed under "Your branches" at [1], please copy them to your fork and remove them from apache/geode. Thank you. Imagination is Change. ~ Patrick [1] https://github.com/apache/geode/branches/yours
