I'm super in favor of a gerrit install. Branches is the only thing that really comes to my mind, as being a pain. So we'll need to have something like: https://gist.github.com/vishvananda/2206428
On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 11:09 PM, Zhe Zhang <zhezh...@cloudera.com> wrote: > > > > One question: is it possible to enfore fast-forward only commits when > > pushing upstream via the web UI? A history full of merge > > commits is not very palatable from our community perspective. > > > Thanks for the question Nick. Yes Gerrit can be configured to allow only > fast-forward commits (that's actually the default "submit type" setting). > When your change is outdated it will be highlighted and a "rebase" button > will be provided. > > --- > Zhe Zhang > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Zhe Zhang <z...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hi HBase contributors, > > > > The Hadoop community is considering adding Gerrit as a review / commit > > tool. Since this will require support from the Apache Infra team, it > makes > > more sense if multiple projects can benefit from the effort. > > > > The main benefit of Gerrit over ReviewBoard is better integration with > git > > and Jenkins. A Gerrit review request is created through a simple "git > push" > > instead of manually creating and uploading a diff file. Conflicts > detection > > and rebase can be done on the review UI as well. When the programmed > commit > > criteria are met (e.g. a code review +1 and a Jenkins verification), > > committing can also be done with a single button click, or even > > automatically. > > > > This also just augments instead of replacing the current review / commit > > flow. Every task will still start as a JIRA. Review comments can be made > on > > both JIRA and Gerrit and will be bi-directionally mirrored. Patches can > > also be directly committed through git command line (Gerrit will > recognize > > a direct commit and close the review request as long as a simple git hook > > is installed: > > https://gerrit.googlecode.com/svn/documentation/2.0/user-changeid.html). > > > > I wonder if the HBase community would be interested in moving on this > > direction as well. Any feedback is much appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Zhe Zhang > > >
